This post gives an overview of the potential business opportunities of LeapIn.it. Five models are discussed: social capital, online advertising, sponsored rooms, check-ins and freemium. Social capital The nature of online social networks is different from other types of websites or search engines because of the social aspects that are involved. In online social networks, people might join a network… Read more →
The following slideshow shows our current mockups for the LeapIn.it mobile app. [portfolio_slideshow size=large] Editor’s note: revised mockups can be found here.
This post describes the non-functional requirements of LeapIn.it. 1. Performance Performance is the speed at which content is delivered to users, and how responsive the system is. 1.1. Processing time Interactions with the server which require processing, such as login and requesting thumbnails of images, should take less that three seconds. 1.2. Response time Over reasonably common internet connection speeds,… Read more →
The purpose of this post is to list the basic functions of the system that will be considered later in the design and implementation stage. These requirements are listed below: Req.1 The system must allow the user to scan QR codes and Barcodes. Req.2 The system must decode the scanned QR codes and Barcodes to references. Req.3 The system must… Read more →
Quick Response codes and Bar codes are machine-readable, two-dimensional black and white images that contain some information that can be collected via scanning using the built-in cameras on smartphones. They can encode more than 4000 alphanumeric characters and more than 7000 numeric characters in one image [8].QR codes were invented in 1994 by a Japanese company called Denso Wave [1]…. Read more →
This post will give an overview of recent news related to Quick-Response codes, privacy and anonymity and the number of social network users. Quick Response codes In an attempt to exploit the power of social media and Web 2.0 and introduce successful marketing channels that are based on context-aware information, ‘Paperlinks’, a company which enable businesses to establish their own… Read more →
This post aims to identify the relevant research areas for Leapin.It. This requires further clarification on whether leapin.It is categorised as ubiquitous computing, augmented reality or a combination of both. Mixed reality [1] combines virtual worlds with real worlds by facilitating interaction between physical objects from the real world and 3D graphics from the virtual environment. Figure 1 shows an example… Read more →
Mobile devices are becoming increasingly pervasive and, with high speed internet becoming more common in these devices, there is greater opportunity for rich media consumption in pervasive contexts. For these reasons, we have chosen to focus our social network on mobile devices. Pervasiveness The introduction of mobile devices has bought about a “post-pc” era of innovation. Smartphones, for example, are… Read more →
This post will give an overview of the process of designing the survey, which would be distributed to social network users to help us understand how social networks are used. Motivation The purpose of conducting this survey is to investigate how people use social networks, what motivates them to post and show their activities in these networks, and consider how… Read more →
The minutes for meetings during the planning stage are available to download below: General Meeting – 13thFeb14 General Meeting – 20thFeb14 Core Meeting – 3rdMar14 General Meeting – 6thMar14 Core Meeting – 10thMar14 General Meeting – 13thMar14
