QR codes seem to be everywhere, but often seem forced.
Mashable has a few tips on how QR codes can be stylized without losing functionality.
We’ve seen barcodes get their design on as well.
Contributed by James Craig
More artists are using XBox Kinect hacks to create stunning art based around people.
Photographer Audrey Penven captured the patterns of infrared light produced by the Kinect and the results are beautiful.
http://laughingsquid.com/audrey-penven-reveals-the-hidden-beauty-of-microsofts-kinect/
Contributed by James Taylor
Here are some of the entrants to FITC’s Experimental Flash Category that I found to be standouts:
http://gekitsuioh.jp/en/ – Interactive surface game.
http://attraction-lemanga.fr – Anime Interactive Anti-smoking campaign. Interactive storytelling with motion-tracking and more.
http://www.isleoftune.com/ – Simcity meets music for the obsessive.
http://www.resn.co.nz/threaded/ – Insanity in flash.
Contributed by Jeremy Adirim
Osaka University shows off their 3D Multi-viewpoint fog projection display.
via DigInfoTV
In case you haven’t seen this yet — amazing technology that translates text in real time using the iPhone’s video camera.
Via Laughing Squid
Researchers have implanted LED lights in contact lenses so that it’s possible to watch TV or look at photos directly on your eyeballs!
Via Elemental LED
This new interactive music video takes a similar route to Arcade Fire’s The Wilderness Downtown but takes it one step further, with animations of windows.
It may not achieve the same powerful emotional connection as the Arcade Fire video, but it’s an awesome use of the technology.
Try it yourself! http://sour-mirror.jp
Threadless has a t-shirt with a pirate QR code. Alas, it doesn’t actually work if scanned, but that probably won’t stop people from trying.
An installation of the new Toyota Auris with Hybrid Synergy Drive uses projection mapping to bring to life the technology within the Auris itself. Glue Isobar used seven projectors to project a CG version of the car onto the real car, allowing observers to walk around the car and experience the effect.
Thanks to Glue Isobar for sharing.
Google just released Google Goggles for iPhone. It’s been out for Android for a while and is now available for iPhone users. Read more on Google Mobile.
