Business cards have largely been untouched by all the technological advancements around them. But all that is about to change as efforts to bring business cards up to speed are underway on a war footing. James Alliban's, a London-based Flash developer, lit up the internet after he unveiled his augmented reality business card last month.

Just as he was preparing to launch a company to tap the commercial potential of his project, another similar project surfaced. Jonas Jäger, a German design student, has trotted out his own AR business card solution, which is avowedly inspired by Star Wars.

He is currently developing a frontend tool that will let users “create a presentation file for your portfolio.” The user will have to print the unique QR-code – containing the URL of their presentation – and the AR-marker on the back of their business card to breathe life into to it. He has promised to release the source code under the Creative Commons License.

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