Colour barcode system to hit DVDs

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 8:25 pm

A colour barcode system holding more data than current codes will find its way onto DVDs later this year.

The four and eight-colour geometric patterns can hold up to two-pages of data, double the amount of traditional black and white, striped barcodes

Developed by Microsoft, it is one of a number of competing products hoping to find their way onto packaging.

Microsoft has said consumers could interact with the new barcodes, using webcams and mobile phones with cameras.

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Post by **mr mixin** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:02 pm

What is wrong with the tried and tested QR codes that have been used in Japan for many a year now?

vinnieza · Post by **vinnieza** » Thu Apr 19, 2007 10:21 pm

Wasn't made by Microsoft?

Post by **117** » Fri Apr 20, 2007 12:28 am

mr mixin wrote:What is wrong with the tried and tested QR codes that have been used in Japan for many a year now?

see them on loads of stuff nowadays, I been wondering what they are!