They're HUGE in Asia. Especially in China.
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#12I was on a US continental flight yesterday and my boarding pass was on my phone as a QR code.
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#13I always found this funny: http://picturesofpeoplescanningqrcodes.tumblr.com/
I suspected I was being trolled but I clicked anyway! Well played!
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#14I wish the major mobile operating systems had built in support for them. I think that is the greatest hurdle to adoption in my opinion.
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#15I have been to a social media session where they explained why (for that industry) QR codes are now kryptonite because they have been abused so much and users just associate them with bad Ux.
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#16I wish the major mobile operating systems had built in support for them. I think that is the greatest hurdle to adoption in my opinion.
I think that's the real problem...you have to go find an app to read them. If your phone's built in camera detected them and suggested that you visit the link, that might make it easier.
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#17I have been to a social media session where they explained why (for that industry) QR codes are now kryptonite because they have been abused so much and users just associate them with bad Ux.
A funny story in a middle eastern country they put a huge QR code on a road billboard and expected users to scan it while they were driving the highway.
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#18Steve Gibson's SQRL looks to be an interesting application of QR codes.
https://www.grc.com/sqrl/sqrl.htm
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#19Nintendo used to like to use QR codes for sharing level data (i.e. look at Pushmo, etc), and I always thought it was clever and there should be more of that. I just had to scan some internet forums for an interesting looking level, bring the game up on my 3DS, scan the code, and voila! I had the level in the game. I'm surprised they didn't do that for Mario Maker level codes.
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#20Nintendo used to like to use QR codes for sharing level data (i.e. look at Pushmo, etc), and I always thought it was clever and there should be more of that. I just had to scan some internet forums for an interesting looking level, bring the game up on my 3DS, scan the code, and voila! I had the level in the game. I'm surprised they didn't do that for Mario Maker level codes.
They also used them to share characters in the form of Miis and Mario Tennis Open characters and costumes. It was definitely an interesting way of implementing free DLC, though though it obviously didn't work with any paid stuff.