Escher Mobile

This app helps you to discover and understand the symmetry laws of crystal structures. It simulates the symmetry environment of the 17 planar (two-dimensional) groups, which you can decorate with various objects according to your fantasy.

Category	Price	Seller	Device
Education	Free	Ecole Polytechnique Federale de Lausanne EPFL	iPhone, iPad, iPod

In playing this game you will not only enjoy creating colourful designs à la Escher on your own, but also effortlessly master the main concepts of crystallographic symmetry, such as symmetry operation, asymmetric unit, general and special positions.

Do not forget to share your best creations with friends or submit it to our Web Gallery!

Reviews

Very cool education app!
O.V.Y.

Fun to use.

Very cool app
Mikin8tor

I just got this and started playing with it. You can make some really cool escher-esque drawings really easily. I wish there were better options for saving stuff besides sharing on web or email.

Woo ... Crystallography!
Solid State Physicist

This is really cool, easy-to-use app demonstrating 2D crystalline symmetry. And it produces great designs! I'd love to see a 3D version of this.

Lacks heart
jpietrzyk

This is an iPhone app ported poorly to the iPad. Two mains complaints: First, the standard screen size is iPhone size, and while you can magnify the size, it is just a stretched and pixelated view. Second, while you can call the art style Escher-esque, it is an injustice to associate a lackluster concept like this to the brilliant art of Escher. An app that creatively uses the art of Escher this is not.