Pantomime could be your iPad window into virtual worlds

Remember the amazing app that made your iPad practically invisible? The man who made it is back and now he intends to tackle virtual reality with a new company — and app — called Pantomime.

Just like Invisibility, you start out by taking a picture of your tabletop and the iPad mimics that surface as you move it around. But now, the iPad acts as a portal — and a controller — to interact with a virtual world.

You can “walk” the iPad around your table, one corner at a time and the virtual iPad will follow suit, or pick it up in the air and keep walking... or just swipe and pinch to rotate your perspective. There’s also a networked multiplayer mode for two people with different devices to virtually interact with each other.

Right now, the app is limited to just the simple game of wallball, but creator David Levitt’s ambition is much greater. Pantomime wants to create a social network where anyone with a mobile device can reach into a virtual world and interact with their friends.