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Given that there are already camera-readable visual tags out there, I don't see this being a huge breakthrough. It is true that it can encode more information
by TrevorJ 17y ago
Given that there are already camera-readable visual tags out there, I don't see this being a huge breakthrough. It is true that it can encode more information in a smaller space, but the reality is it is trivial and more robust to simply have the reader unit (cell phone camera, ect.) access an online database for details about the product. There's no upward limit to the data that can be stored that way and it can be easily updated.
- sorbits 17y agoYou can read these from a distance and read multiple codes at the same time. E.g. point your phone to the cereal shelve in the supermarket and have it point out which one has the most fiber, even visually via augmented reality — this isn’t possible with current bar codes (without scanning them one-by-one and no augmented reality).