Originally Posted By SuperDry When I was at TDL last month, I noticed that there were a few signs such as this one: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/meanderingmouse/3519819688/" target="_blank">http://www.flickr.com/photos/m...9819688/</a> at various random spots around Tomorrowland, including some rather obscure spots. Leemac mentioned that it was some kind of cellphone barcode but didn't know specifics. I looked at one rather carefully, and I don't see anything remotely similar to a barcode in the plaques that would be recognized by a cellphone. But, there is a cellphone bar code in the Guide Map in the Monsters Inc section. For those of you not familiar, Japanese cellphones universally implement what's called a QR code, which is a type of barcode that cellphones decode with the camera and mostly they just provide a URL that the cellphone's web browser jumps to without having to enter the URL manually. My guess is that this QR code on the guide map takes you to a page where you can download and install an applet of some sort, and that applet works with the camera in the cellphone to recognize these plaques if you take a picture of them and that something happens if you find all of them, but I have no way of knowing since I don't have a Japanese cellphone and can't read the webpage. Does anyone know what the real deal is?
Originally Posted By FerretAfros This is the first that I've heard of any of this (the barcodes in the park and maps, and the technology itself), but my initial instinct would be that they're trying to do something similar to the Kim Possible missions in Epcot. Those have a "Kimmunicator" (basically a cell phone) that they give you and you follow clues to specific locations throughout the World Showcase and trigger small events (things lighting up or items moving in store displays) that lead you on your way to defeating some evil villain. I have no idea if they are doing something similar (but Monsters Inc themed) in TDL's TL, but that seems like the type of thing that might be really popular in Japan, especially with the right character tie-in.
Originally Posted By SuperDry I think it might be something like that, but I got the sense that it might be something that works on your regular cellphone rather than a device that you borrow at the park. Certainly, the QR Code stuff is universally implemented on Japanese cellphones, but what I don't know is if the downloadable applets and their ability to access the camera is universal enough that they could rely on it working on most phones.
Originally Posted By MagicalNezumi There's a little more information here under "Monsters, Inc. Mobile Photo": <a href="http://jtcent.com/nempa/2009/04/official-site-updates-mar-28-apr-3.html" target="_blank">http://jtcent.com/nempa/2009/0...r-3.html</a> 1. Take a mobile phone picture of the silhouette panel (in Tomorrowland) or the postcard (sold at the Park). 2. Access the special Monsters Inc. mobile website by scanning a QR code. 3. Send the silhouette picture to a special email address. 4. Shortly thereafter, receive a Monsters. Inc. image themed wallpaper with the character who's silhouette picture you took. -- MagicalNezumi
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub WDW will be coordinating the Kim Possible with the guest's personal cellphone technology soon.
