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Anyone remember these? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Capacity_Color_Barcode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Capacity_Color_Barcode Haven't seen one in

Anyone remember these? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Capacity_Color_Barcode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Capacity_Color_Barcode Haven't seen one in ages.

alex_suzuki 1y ago
Never saw one of those in the wild. But I have seen NaviLens codes (on cereal packaging), they use color as well: https://www.navilens.com/en/ https://www.navilens.com/en/
randall 1y ago
they’re at every new york subway station. i don’t know why.
- ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
  Surprised that they are still there. It’s an old Microsoft standard. I’m pretty sure that MS rolled it up, years ago, so they may not be valid, anymore.
  - joecool1029 1y ago
    They are Navilens, new thing: https://www.mta.info/accessibility/innovations/navilens https://www.mta.info/accessibility/innovations/navilens
    - ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
      Ah. That makes sense. Different look, though. The Microsoft ones used triangles.
    - randall 1y ago
      oh cool it’s an accessibility thing! had no idea.
diggan 1y ago
We have something similar in Barcelona (maybe entire Spain? Apparently called NaviLens, colored squares rather than triangles) all around public transit points. They're used for blind people to navigate the public transit system :) > As users sweep their environment with a smartphone, audio cues allow them to find and center the tag in the phone’s field of view. A shake of the wrist prompts the details contained within the tag to be read out (visually impaired people are often holding a guide dog or cane with their other hand). https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/06/135057/these-colorful-stickers-are-helping-blind-people-find-their-way-around/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/06/135057/these-col...
nielsbot 1y ago
Tangential, but Apple also has their own machine-readable printable code format: App Clip Codes https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appclip/creating-app-clip-codes https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appclip/creating-a...

Anyone remember these? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Capacity_Color_Barcode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_Capacity_Color_Barcode Haven't seen one in ages.

alex_suzuki 1y ago

Never saw one of those in the wild. But I have seen NaviLens codes (on cereal packaging), they use color as well: https://www.navilens.com/en/ https://www.navilens.com/en/

randall 1y ago

they’re at every new york subway station. i don’t know why.

ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
Surprised that they are still there. It’s an old Microsoft standard. I’m pretty sure that MS rolled it up, years ago, so they may not be valid, anymore.
- joecool1029 1y ago
  They are Navilens, new thing: https://www.mta.info/accessibility/innovations/navilens https://www.mta.info/accessibility/innovations/navilens
  - ChrisMarshallNY 1y ago
    Ah. That makes sense. Different look, though. The Microsoft ones used triangles.
  - randall 1y ago
    oh cool it’s an accessibility thing! had no idea.

diggan 1y ago

We have something similar in Barcelona (maybe entire Spain? Apparently called NaviLens, colored squares rather than triangles) all around public transit points. They're used for blind people to navigate the public transit system :) > As users sweep their environment with a smartphone, audio cues allow them to find and center the tag in the phone’s field of view. A shake of the wrist prompts the details contained within the tag to be read out (visually impaired people are often holding a guide dog or cane with their other hand). https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/06/135057/these-colorful-stickers-are-helping-blind-people-find-their-way-around/ https://www.technologyreview.com/2019/06/06/135057/these-col...

nielsbot 1y ago

Tangential, but Apple also has their own machine-readable printable code format: App Clip Codes https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appclip/creating-app-clip-codes https://developer.apple.com/documentation/appclip/creating-a...