N Building.app [iPhone]

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06/01/2010

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AR, architecture, gps, installation, iPhone, mapping, qrcode, twitter

N Building is a commercial structure located near Tachikawa station amidst a shopping district. The team at Qosmo working together with teradadesign architecture studio thought of using QR Code (two-dimensional bar code) as the facade of the building. By reading the QR Code with your mobile device you can obtain up to date shop information but the fun doesn’t end there. Using the iPhone with specially developed application you can see what is happening inside the building with people’s comments made on online appearing in speech bubbles. You can also browse shop information, make reservations and download coupons (see video).

The building is detected in real time by its shape. Characters are then superimposed over the live video. Twitter feed comments are located via GPS tagging. Store information, reservations and other infrastructure is part of the iPhone application.

The iPhone application is not for sale in the iTunes App Store, but is available to interested parties on request. The project is a collaboration between teradadesign + Qosmo. For more information see this post by Nao Tokui, CEO of Qosmo Inc.

(Thanks Nao)