Comments on: iPhones in Books, or, What would you like to see? http://www.enhanced-editions.com/blog/2009/11/iphones-in-books/ Just another WordPress weblog Fri, 23 Jul 2010 05:03:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jamey Graham http://www.enhanced-editions.com/blog/2009/11/iphones-in-books/comment-page-1/#comment-547 Jamey Graham Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:15:17 +0000 http://www.enhanced-editions.com/?p=722#comment-547 I found this link in the Bunny Munro iPhone app. I love the way your books are put together for the iPhone. Great job. You asked about similar systems or ideas to the post above on connecting digital information to real books. We have made such a system which uses a new technology called "visual search." Unlike what you describe above, there is no need to type anything; instead you simply point your mobile device at the page of interest and, wha-la, related digital material appears on your device. No barcodes required, just the printed page. That's visual search. See what I mean in this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwt59057-l4 We are releasing our first two companion apps in the next week or so, one of which is a supplement to the novel "The French Revolution" by Matt Stewart (Soft Skull Press) due out on Basille Day, July 14, 2010. (http://matt-stewart.com) By the way, I met Peter Collingridge at O'Reilly TOC 2010 during the Ignite session. We were both sweating it out together for a bit backstage. Here's my Ignite talk which was also about visual search: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKlLkcW3Nvc I'd love to chat sometime about our technologies. We are plowing forward and starting to work with a variety of publishers. You can reach me at the email above. Cheers and keep up the great work with the EE books! Jamey I found this link in the Bunny Munro iPhone app. I love the way your books are put together for the iPhone. Great job.

You asked about similar systems or ideas to the post above on connecting digital information to real books. We have made such a system which uses a new technology called “visual search.” Unlike what you describe above, there is no need to type anything; instead you simply point your mobile device at the page of interest and, wha-la, related digital material appears on your device. No barcodes required, just the printed page. That’s visual search.

See what I mean in this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwt59057-l4

We are releasing our first two companion apps in the next week or so, one of which is a supplement to the novel “The French Revolution” by Matt Stewart (Soft Skull Press) due out on Basille Day, July 14, 2010. (http://matt-stewart.com)

By the way, I met Peter Collingridge at O’Reilly TOC 2010 during the Ignite session. We were both sweating it out together for a bit backstage. Here’s my Ignite talk which was also about visual search: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKlLkcW3Nvc

I’d love to chat sometime about our technologies. We are plowing forward and starting to work with a variety of publishers. You can reach me at the email above.

Cheers and keep up the great work with the EE books!

Jamey

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