A HTTP web server starting files on the server screen, using QR-Codes and a REST architecture

Magazine article, 2012

The Idea of presenting media on a screen using the mobile phones and QR-codes came up during a brainstorm meeting. There was a need to visualize information of our projects in some interactive way. With information and QR-codes printed on traditional paper sheets together with an interactive flat screen, the result would probable give the visitor some extra curiosity. An example of a application is a screen connected to a computer with the server application below. On the server you put four different movies. Under the screen you put four QR-codes corresponding to each movie. The visitor can then scan the QR-code with his/her mobile phone and start the corresponding movie on the screen. This is an simple implementation to achieve advanced interactivity