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Nametag scan» images indicate Instagram might want to let you aim your phone's camera at a visual code to open someone's profile.
The nametag scanning feature could eventually launch under a different name like Focus did.
Not exact matches
You can use a simple handwritten signup sheet, business - card drop, iPad — or a tech - y strategy, in which you invest in a badge scanner which can gather contact info from
scanning customers» show
nametags.
But
Nametags could also be employed by celebrities, businesses or publications on posters, social media accounts, or any other visual products that can
scanned with a phone's camera.
Instagram is believed to be looking to one - up Snapchat once again with the imminent arrival of
Nametags, a feature akin to Snapchat's QR codes, which allow users to
scan a special image to follow other users.
First look at Instagram
Nametags, its clone of Snapchat QR codes More details and the first screenshots of Instagram's forthcoming
Nametags feature — similar to Snapchat's Snapcodes offering — are now available, giving additional insight into how Instagram's implementation of a special image
scanning system will work.
In a letter to Tussy, he said: «I am especially concerned that
NameTag plans to
scan dating websites such as Match and OkCupid.
IBTIMES.CO.UK - Feb 5 -
NameTag, an app for Google Glass which can
scan faces in real time and identify people through publicly - available, online information, won't be distributed through Google's official app store for Google Glass.