Integrating the Scandit Barcode Scanner SDK on iOS in 5 minutes (Video)
Hi All, We’re excited today to share with you a new video which details how to integrate our Barcode Scanner SDK on the iOS platform in just five minutes! We’ve also provided text instructions under the video that you can read right along with. Check it out: Video not working? Watch it on YouTube. Using …
Scandit Community Edition Unveiled: Free Barcode Scanner SDK and Product API
Today were thrilled to reveal the Scandit community edition! Our new offering provides free access to both our best-in-class Barcode Scanner SDK and the all-new Product API, with product data for over 25 million UPCs. The community edition provides access to what is now the largest UPC-based product database on the web and—for the first …
The Convergence of Physical and Digital Commerce: The Past
Today we’re going to kick off our examination of the merger of physical and digital commerce by taking a look at the evolution of point-of-sale technology, beginning with the creation of the barcode and the cash register, progressing through to the adoption of modern e-commerce solutions. The first research into automatically interacting with products was …
Coop@Home creates Tesco-like shopping experience using the Scandit SDK
Coop@home, the highly popular app of the Swiss national retail chain Coop, is disrupting the world of grocery shopping by combining mobile shopping with home delivery. In extending the traditional supermarket experience with virtual shelves, the experience of grocery shopping is completely transformed and waiting in line is no longer necessary. The grocery store is …
Blurry Barcode Scanning: Technical Reasons for Use
A few weeks back we began blogging about the importance of supporting blurry barcode scanning for app developers. In our last post, we took a look at a revealing original study demonstrating that over 140 million smartphones around the world lack autofocus cameras. Today we’d like to continue the discussion by sharing some technical reasons …
Blurry Barcode Scanning…Why Bother?
Developers of product-centric apps often ask why they should support barcode scanning on mobile devices that do not feature an autofocus camera or, more often still, why the ability to decode barcodes in blurry images is very important for high-end smartphones with autofocus cameras. Before getting to the benefits of blurry barcode scanning, note that …
[Video] The Scandit Barcode Scanning Year 2011
As a busy and successful year 2011 is slowly coming to end, we wanted to share with you a visual journey through one year of barcode scanning in the United States as seen through the lens of our popular Scandit Barcode Scanner and Comparison Shopper app. Fasten your seat belt and enjoy as you fly …
