It’s an augmented experience that embeds a digital video on a physical photo. Using your smartphone you can watch the “hidden” video.

Phideo uses image recognition to “glue” a video to physical prints. The physical image acts like a QR code allowing your device to recognize it as a trigger to play the “hidden” video.

If you have a free account, only you can see your phideos through the app. If you have a business account, you can create “public” phideos that are available to the world!

There are thousands of applications for phideo and people continue to surprise us with the creative ways that they use the app. We’ve seen it used in photo albums, greeting cards, wall pictures, movie posters, book covers, brochures etc. We’ve seen people use it for marketing purposes including business cards, flyers, t-shirts, posters, and even billboards. Don’t limit yourself, any printed picture is a potential phideo!

You can print a phideo any size you like. The same rules that apply for printing a regular picture applies to phideos. The higher the resolution the better quality your final print version will be.

We are currently working on a web interface for phideo, but this version is more for business clients who want to make use of the “Call to Action” features and the analytics. As it is the app is great for personal use.

At this time there is no Android version but there will be when we raise the money we need to develop it.

Absolutely! Phideo measures the distance to the object that you’re embedding the video on. If you can frame it in your phone, you can turn it into a phideo.

Yes! If you go to your library, you can see all the phideos you’ve created and preview the video that will play.

Unfortunately, because of the nature of image recognition you can only have one image connected to an image at one time. If you want to embed a new video on an image, go to your library, delete the phideo attached to the image and create a new one.

Yes! Phideos work with sound and there is a mute button below the phideo if you would prefer to watch it without sound.

We get this question a lot. A paid account will allow you to make “public” phideos. That means the videos connected to images aren’t just available to you, they’re available to everyone. These features are often used for things like movie posters, where you want the public to be able to view your video.

Yes. Without the app you will not be able to view phideos. The app is free for the public and can be removed at any time.

Essentially the free phideo app makes the experience deeply personal. The phideos that you create are yours to view and enjoy. They’re great conversation starters as you show your friends the cool new tech you’ve found, but your phideos are not public. If your friends download the app they will not be able to see the phideos you created unless you’ve shared them (Social features are coming soon). They would have to create their own phideos to enjoy the experience.

You may need a corporate account. The free version of phideo does not create “public” phideos. Public phideos are available to all users, so anyone with the phideo app can view your phideos. The corporate account also includes a button allowing you to direct people to websites or other URLs. Think of a brochure or business card that allows you to make a video pitch when they hold their phone over it and then sends them to your landing page when they click on the button. With our geotagging features, this could also be used for watching a movie trailer on a poster and then buying a ticket for that movie at the closest cinema! The possibilities are limitless.

Very soon. We’re currently working on social features for the app that will make it possible for you to share them with your friends. This will essentially make it possible for you to create limited “public” phideos that can be accessed through their devices as well.

There are a number of things that could be wrong with your phideo. The most common issues are related to an error in creating the phideo or trying to scan an image that has “changed” in some way. If you created the phideo using a photo that’s blurry, has a reflection or glare on it – the image recognition technology can’t recognize the image because the image itself has “changed”. In the case of reflection, there may be a different reflection on the image at the time you scan it. In the case of glare, the sun may now be in a different position. Remember that phideo is using IMAGE RECOGNITION. If the physical image looks different to what was when you created the phideo, it may appear glitchy or not work at all. Delete the phideo and create it again.