Sekai camera for social tagging on the iPhone
Sunday, 21 September 2008
Sekai is an iPhone-exclusive social tagging service developed by Tokyo-based mobile application provider Tonchidot. Despite language barrier, Sekai Camera turned out to be a crowd-pleaser nonetheless.
The key idea is to use the iPhone as a mobile information terminal, linking the real world with tags generated by Sekai Camera users, Tonchidot itself, and information scraped from other web services. Users walk around town looking at the iPhone's display to get information on their surroundings. If you walk through a mall, for example, Sekai Camera tags will show you where you can find something to eat, additional information about a certain product tagged before, or how many are calories in a chocolate bar.
Sekai camera" is a revolutionary new product capable of easy, fast access to the internet services for very particular area.
What is "Sekai camera"? According to Tonchidot website, this means a world camera. You can download information straight from the internet on your iPhone. We use iPhone applications for this service. When you reach the area you only see through the area of the view on your iPhone. Then you will meet much information by your iPhone. You do not need search yourself the information will come to you very natural way.
For example when you go to shopping you could get a good price for things in the area. Or you can get some special information or offer from shops directly. Also you can get information about new music CDs, DVDs, Films and Books that is only available on your iPhone. Another service is a virtual snapshot.
When you go sightseeing you could get your photo with some famous character in your photographs. For example when you go to Akihabara then you can take photos with Japanese famous animation characters. Then you can send it for your friends and family soon, you will be able to experience new internet experiences on your iPhone!
What is difference between GoogelMaps and the "Sekai camera" is view of the first person, space knowledge and point of information you can get our "Sekai camera". Also we would like to bridge internet gaps. It means anyone easy to get information anywhere else like you see the real view. And we service to very local and particular information for people who are in the location.
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Techcrunch
The key idea is to use the iPhone as a mobile information terminal, linking the real world with tags generated by Sekai Camera users, Tonchidot itself, and information scraped from other web services. Users walk around town looking at the iPhone's display to get information on their surroundings. If you walk through a mall, for example, Sekai Camera tags will show you where you can find something to eat, additional information about a certain product tagged before, or how many are calories in a chocolate bar.
Sekai camera" is a revolutionary new product capable of easy, fast access to the internet services for very particular area.
What is "Sekai camera"? According to Tonchidot website, this means a world camera. You can download information straight from the internet on your iPhone. We use iPhone applications for this service. When you reach the area you only see through the area of the view on your iPhone. Then you will meet much information by your iPhone. You do not need search yourself the information will come to you very natural way.
For example when you go to shopping you could get a good price for things in the area. Or you can get some special information or offer from shops directly. Also you can get information about new music CDs, DVDs, Films and Books that is only available on your iPhone. Another service is a virtual snapshot.
When you go sightseeing you could get your photo with some famous character in your photographs. For example when you go to Akihabara then you can take photos with Japanese famous animation characters. Then you can send it for your friends and family soon, you will be able to experience new internet experiences on your iPhone!
What is difference between GoogelMaps and the "Sekai camera" is view of the first person, space knowledge and point of information you can get our "Sekai camera". Also we would like to bridge internet gaps. It means anyone easy to get information anywhere else like you see the real view. And we service to very local and particular information for people who are in the location.
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Techcrunch