Scan anything and let your phone do the rest
October 26, 2011 | Source: Technology Review
With a new app from Digimarc, someone could scan photos from a newspaper or other media to pull up more information --- provided those images are in the company’s database. (Credit: Digimarc)
Digimarc has developed Discover, a free iOS and Android app that uses a smart phone’s camera and microphone to “capture” a sample of audio or an image, barcode, or QR code, then identifies it through Digimarc’s database and searches for related material online.
As of yet, this system is only implemented by a small number of publications. It requires “digital watermarks” to identify images and video.