AR for Business Cards: Barcode Becomes iCode

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I love augmented reality (AR)*. I love the unseen potential and the mind warp of converging realities. While I readily confess to being a tech-nerd, I am not particularly well-versed at the really technical end that drives all this new technology. I have been trying to figure out an easy way to get AR onto my business card.  (Easy means something that I can do myself.)  I’d love to have an icon allows me to appear like Princess Leia; a mini-me talking away earnestly about how much I love the psychology of media experience and why that’s important.  However, so far I haven’t found that capability without either spending money or getting more education.  There are people doing some interesting things in this area.  I tried VisualCard but I couldn't get it to work.  Stickybits is also cool, but I didn't really want to take the chance of someone adding files to my barcode. (I know sharing is good and part of the social media experience, but I'm not ready to relinquish … [Read more...]