This is how The Cool Commentator will look on the iPad - not bad, maybe a little biased towards the left. Obviously flash won’t work on the iPad but it is great to have an application that allows us to get some idea of what our beloved blogs and websites will look like on the machine. Click the image to go and find out how you can see your website on the iPad.
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First people had bartering. Then money was invented to make life easier. Then someone invented credit cards, and not long after (in the grand scheme of things) came the Oystercard. All designed to make life easier. Now check this out! Soon to make oyster cards redundant, in my opinion. What could be simpler than scanning your fingerprint (or in this case, feeling your pulse) to pay for something? Wicked cool!
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Create you own custom, personalised QR code. The one you see here is The Cool Commentators very own QR code with all our information on it. Neat huh? Put it on your website, on your business card, on your twitter background…where ever you want it to be seen. It is part of the ZXting Project (pronounced Zebra Crossing),
an open-source, multi-format 1D/2D barcode image processing library implemented in Java. Our focus is on using the built-in camera on mobile phones to photograph and decode barcodes on the device, without communicating with a server. You need to download the barcode reader for everything to work but it is certainly an interesting step in the right direction and another post about Augmented Reality to add to The Cool Commentator archives. Go make you own by clicking the image. The Cool Commentator
British weekly fashion magazine Grazia goes crazy with some 3D tech, Augmented Reality and Florence and the Machine. What a nice little mix…could be worth buying this weeks issue just for that. Here is what The Guardian reported…
Bauer Media’s women’s fashion glossy Grazia will jump on the 3D bandwagon today with an augmented reality issue featuring Florence and the Machine singing and dancing on the front cover. The “walk-in, talking Grazia” will feature augmented reality (AR) codesthroughout the issue, activated by holding the magazine up to a webcam or iPhone. As well as a virtual performance by Florence and the Machine singing You’ve Got the Love, it will offer readers a 360- degree view of the latest spring fashion trends. Grazia’s editor-in-chief, Jane Bruton, described the effect as “stunning”. The issue was created by Bauer and the interactive creative agency Wardenclyffe. The magazine is offering readers a guide to the new technology at graziadaily.co.uk/3D. An iPhone app will unlock further special features, including the ability to “spin Florence around by blowing into your iPhone and take a picture of her in any location”, said Bauer. Get down to the news agents and get your hands on a copy for shits and giggles!
Here is a cool motion magazine cover and feature spread - the sign of things to come as the iPad gets closer to its launch! Photographer Alexx Henry, along with co-directors Cory Strassburger and Ming Hsiung have produced an amazing motion magazine cover and feature spread for Viv Mag, an all digital magazine.
The interactive article uses video, sound and print in a remarkable way that really makes you think about the amazing possibilities available in this emerging world of “digital print.”
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This is an interesting new digital concept from SilkTricky (a digital content agency) where they’ve created a combination of interactive movie that meets an iPhone app game to complete the story! It’s called Bank Run (you can start watching here) and empowers you to control the short film’s direction online, once you’ve watched that part, you’re prompted to buy their $2 iPhone app which contains the remainder of the interactive movie along with a complete iPhone “Bank Run” game to continue playing!
Originally this was meant just to be an iPhone app, but SilkTricky expanded the movie to be placed online, allowing the “hook” to be easily found and shared before people jumped into the iTunes store to purchase.
