Yes. I quickly realised that the business is indeed the item identification mechanism. I used to call the idea "Facebook for Things", where everything has a profile.
Part of the idea was to identify stuff, and then send people a QR code so that they could refer to physical item with a simple scan.
Want to find someone that can repair that particular guitar? Scan it, pick "Find repairman" (or any other contextual action), and you're set.
Insurance backlog, selling, lending, sharing, hands-on trial (before buying online), lost & found, quick review, ownership history, package tracking, user's manual, community hacks and mods, 3D print a case/accessory, buy related accessories, brag, home automation, etc. Once you can refer to a specific item precisely (knowing everything about it), the sky's the limit.
I looked at existing barcodes you can find on some items, but they're rather limited. Recognizing games, music, movies and books is easy. But that's quickly becoming all digital.
Part of the idea was to identify stuff, and then send people a QR code so that they could refer to physical item with a simple scan.
Want to find someone that can repair that particular guitar? Scan it, pick "Find repairman" (or any other contextual action), and you're set.
Insurance backlog, selling, lending, sharing, hands-on trial (before buying online), lost & found, quick review, ownership history, package tracking, user's manual, community hacks and mods, 3D print a case/accessory, buy related accessories, brag, home automation, etc. Once you can refer to a specific item precisely (knowing everything about it), the sky's the limit.
I looked at existing barcodes you can find on some items, but they're rather limited. Recognizing games, music, movies and books is easy. But that's quickly becoming all digital.