{"id":174,"date":"2007-04-21T22:04:18","date_gmt":"2007-04-21T21:04:18","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2020-11-18T15:05:52","modified_gmt":"2020-11-18T15:05:52","slug":"missing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/variousbits.net\/2007\/04\/21\/missing\/","title":{"rendered":"Physical world connection"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
Here’s a question. Has anyone done anything in the museum context with 2d barcodes, semacodes, phone barcode readers…?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nokia is piloting some stuff which is going to help the momentum – barcode readers are now standard on a few of their N series phones. Also Microsoft is sniffing around too. At one point there was a link to some stuff on their “Live Ideas” pages but it seems to be redundant now.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The basic idea in case you don’t know is to tag real world stuff (including, potentially, museum objects) with “2d barcodes” (see example below). Pointing your cameraphone at the code – provided it has software installed – delivers content, or takes you to a url.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until now this has been a great idea but problematic – as per my previous post<\/a> about My Art Space<\/a>, the number of people likely to install software on their mobile is extremely limited. But <\/strong>once a telco begins taking this seriously and shipping phones with software pre-installed, stuff will definitely begin to happen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Have a look at The Pondering Primate<\/a> for a great lowdown on what’s happening in this space. There’s also a list of the Physical World Connection<\/em><\/a> companies – it’s an absolutely saturated space, just waiting for a leadning standard to emerge<\/p>\n\n\n\n Here’s the Nokia barcode for www.electronicmuseum.org.uk:<\/p>\n\n\n\n