Friday, January 21, 2011

Space Invaders and Fashion

According to the news in London, 80's fashion and retro games are what is in right now, two companies Kaywa and Office Lendorff teamed up to create a one of a kind QR scarf. The scarf has little space invader creatures on it. When you scan one side a message comes up that say "Game Over", but when you scan the QR on the other side of the scarf a message pops up that says "Insert Coin For Extra Life". That is the only thing the scarf does. You may ask why does it not do more? "You could go further and make a space invaders game which could be downloaded via the scarf, but what we did was more of a fun, simple project". They said what they did is more fun, but I would like a downloadable game where you have to scan the other side of the scarf to get a new life when you loose, but that is just my opinion since retro games are not my forte. 
The company does not plan to come out with any more of these products because they are too expensive to make, but there is one company that does: Emma Cott. The shirts and sweatshirts she designs are made to be used as self-advertising. When someone scans the QR code on from the apparel it takes you directly to that persons Facebook, which is very cool and makes "Facebook lurking" even easier now.  

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