I am just playing along with the PR of our lab. Here is a link to our current spotlight research topic called Hyperlinking Reality via Camera Phones.

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Novel user interface concept for camera phones, demonstrated in this video, is based on state-of-the-art computer vision techniques developed at our lab. Instead of typing keywords on a small and inconvenient keypad, the user just snaps a photo of his surroundings and objects on the photo become hyperlinks to information. The photo of the user’s environment on the camera phone’s (multi-)touch screen thus becomes a natural interaction device allowing intuitive access to information with a simple tap of a finger.