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2009

Bokode (via) New take on the humble barcode from the MIT Media Lab—Bokodes are 3mm wide but can be read at a distance by a regular digital camera lens using out of focus photography, exploiting the bokeh effect. The way in which the Bokode is read allows both distance and relative angle to the camera to be derived, making it ideal for Augmented Reality systems.

# 23rd August 2009, 10:29 am / augmentedreality, barcodes, bokeh, bokode, mitmedialab, optics