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Nintendo 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.
Just the other day I saw a full poster add in the subway that was just a QR code.
I still don't understand why QR readers don't come out-of-the-box on smartphones.
I 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 was on a US continental flight yesterday and my boarding pass was on my phone as a QR code.
One time, on an American flight, the scanner at the gate was somewhat of a C shape and my watch + wrist wasn't able to fit inside of it, which was quickly resolved by pulling out my phone and sliding it into the scanner.
On another positive note, TSA agents love it and always accuse me of being James Bond. Makes the screening process much more fun.
I think they're great. They're very fault tolerant and can contain a ton of information. It's a great way to scan stuff from you computer (or anywhere else) and import it into your phone.
QR codes are legitimately great for what they're good at: barcode replacements. And in answer to your question, yes, their usage has grown and expanded. While traditional barcodes remain for basic UPCs, a lot of manufacturers are utilising QR codes for expanded product information. The way that QR codes failed is that marketers and technologists wanted to use them for everything. Website URLs, business cards, phone n…
The fact that not many people cares to scan them (citation needed) is a different thing... still they are quite popular.
I use this bookmarklet to quickly generate a qr code that is either 1) the url of the page, 2) the text that is currently selected, or 3) the text entered into the popup:
javascript:(function(){var stext = window.getSelection().toString(); text = stext == "" ? window.location : stext; text = window.prompt("Enter Text to Make QRCode", text); window.open("https://chart.googleapis.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=500x500&chl="+encodeURI(text)+"&chls=H","qrlink","width=500,height=500");})()