Hi Fern, I'm well aware of QR Codes (hard to believe they were developed almost 15yrs ago now), and they seem to be an excellent 2D barcode. But, as I've said to various people who have approached me to adopt Moseycode, it doesn't make a lot of sense to simply say that one barcode design is better than another. They will all have strengths and weaknesses and you need to pick the right one for your application. Moseycode barcodes are a low density barcode but have the advantage that they are very fast to scan even on devices with very limited processing power, they have other attributes that are designed into them too - these are detailed in the symbology specification.
Surprising as it may seem, my aim is not to fill the world with Moseycode barcodes, it's to enable people to share in new ways, and software developers to build new things. To this end, Moseycode will be supporting what I call 'cross encoding' in a future release. This where a Moseycode portal can be printed/displayed using a range of barcode designs (QR Code and Datamatrix are already making their way down the development pipeline). Using different encoding, you lose some of the benefits of Moseycode barcodes (rich semantics and AR) but gain others (eg. more robust encodings, or greater adoption). On Apr 13, 2:00 pm, Fern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Tom, > > Great work on your app! > > I couldn't help but notice that it might be very similar to QR codes > used in Japan. They've been using it in Japan for awhile now and it's > pretty popular for adverts, special promotions, coupons, etc..... > > Here's the wiki:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QR_Code > > Here's an > article:http://tips.webdesign10.com/search-engine-optimization/japanese-inter... > > At the comments section someone mentions that Google has started using > it as well. > > Hopefully this isn't a downer for you. Just wanted to give you a heads > up just in case. > > Good luck with the Challenge!! > > Cheers > > On Apr 13, 8:24 am, "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi Tom > > This is one of the most ambitious application appeared in this group > > I've seen so far. But I have two questions about the examples you > > provide: > > 1. In "Adverts in which the product pops out in 3D.." scenario, why > > should it be implemented using moseycode? Though as you mentioned > > people can look at it in 3D or different color / style combination, I > > still get a feeling that looking products through phone screen might > > not be intuitive enough. I believe retrieving moseycode and look it in > > PC is a better way while it's not much related with the android > > device. > > > 2. As "Keyboard free authentication" scenario, the process you said is > > cool. But why can't user just login by scaning the URL displayed in > > address bar but use moseycode which takes up extra space and might be > > a waste of space for the user who never use it? I think the only thing > > need to login is knowing the URL and sending a username/ password > > combination. Tell me if I am wrong. > > > Thanks > > > On 4月13日, 上午6时57分, tomgibara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > You would just use an regular EAN barcode for that! > > > > Here are a few examples among many: > > > > * Adverts in which the product pops out in 3D, you can look around > > > the product by wandering around the advert and looking at it through > > > your phone. It might be interactive, allowing you change styles/ > > > colours etc. > > > > * Keyboard free authentication: a website can display a moseycode > > > barcode, view it with your mobile phone and the site can log you in > > > without you touching your keyboad. It can do this because the your > > > phone can contact a designated server for each different barcode. The > > > viewing might even be 'location locked' so that with GPS, even if > > > someone stole your phone, they would still need to view the barcode > > > near to your machine to authenticate themselves. > > > > * Imagine games played on a table where all the 'pieces' are > > > represented by barcodes on squares of paper. Looking at them though > > > your mobile phone you can see the 'virtual' pieces, perhaps in full > > > animated 3D. The interesting part is group games: you all get round > > > the table and play, with each player looking at the play area through > > > their own phone. They all see the game in 3D from their perspective > > > through their own phone. The interesting part is that the game could > > > be written to show different players different things. Eg. players on > > > the same team might be able to see more information about each others > > > pieces, it might be used simulate fog of war etc. (I'm very interested > > > in this idea and may take some time to tackle designing and writing > > > such a game when I have more time, I think it might be possible to > > > come up with a genuinely original game concept, a rare thing IMO). > > > > Hopefully people might find some of these ideas stimulating. > > > > On Apr 12, 8:15 pm, YA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Alex: > > > > > AFAIU this is for shopping. You see an item on the shelf, scan it, and > > > > the phone tells you if this is a good buy or not. > > > > > YA > > > > > On Apr 12, 8:50 pm, Alex Pisarev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > Can someone tell me what's all that for? Any scenarios or use cases of > > > > > that app to use? It looks cool, however, I always thought that URL is > > > > > the most universal barcode in the world... And you don't have even to > > > > > scan it, just type in your browser and get into any augmented reality > > > > > you want...- Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Challenge" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-challenge?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
