TonchiDot Tags Your World
At the recent TechCrunch50 event, Japanese company TonchiDot demo’d its new iPhone application called Sekai Camera to wild enthusiasm.
TonchiDot’s idea is to use the iPhone camera and location awareness as a mobile information interface. Using the Sekai Camera application you can tag real-world locations and simultaneously view the tags shared by other users - Tonchidot calls it “Air Tagging”.
It’s a heady concept and to really understand how it works, you need to watch this video:
I love their slogan that ‘Real space is the new interface to the Internet’. Kind of mind blowing when you think about it.
And it brings up obvious applications for real estate. Imagine a real world property tour (boots on the ground, walking through a home) where you could instaneously access Zestimates or property data, read individual tags on the features in a room or listen to audio clips describing the amenities through the Sekai Camera terminal.
It’s still a few years away of course. But a very cool glimpse into the future nevertheless.
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jfsellsius | Sep 26, 2008 | Reply
Good stuff. MARS (mobile augmented reality systems) date back to 1996. May be time for me to get the post out of my hopper.
Hawaii Relocation | Sep 28, 2008 | Reply
Seems like these things only work in Japan, another gadget to play with
James Bridges | Sep 29, 2008 | Reply
Joel,
I think this continues to show the merging of online and offline worlds. So many people are out in the environment, but want data that is accessible online to support what they are looking at. This is definitely a step in the direction of giving people maximum information while they are out in the real world
Hawaii real estate guy | Sep 29, 2008 | Reply
Ever since I got my iPhone, I’ve found tons of apps. Some of them decent, but most are full of crap. This looks sic, I want it!
Freddie - Invest With Passion | Sep 30, 2008 | Reply
To put it simply, that is amazing! I cannot believe such an item exist and you are right that slogan is pretty special.
All I can say is wow!