Neat, although anyone else think his has an uncanny resemblance to LSD blotters? Talk about an interesting branding opportunity!
Show HN: Photo Realistic QR-Codes
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#72Somehow, I think these kinds of "clever" QR codes would be less used. Most people aren't going to even notice that they are legit QR codes. QR codes are already underutilized enough, at least in western countries. Cool idea, though!
It’s my opinion that underutilization is because of application rather than any more ephemeral thing like appearance. QR codes haven’t had a killer app yet, and they tend to be used for marketing rather than any critical tasks that rely on the qualities that make it a useful technology. My guess is this will change as it’s become more or less a requirement to have a cell phone to function in western society.
> it's become more or less a requirement to have a cell phone to function in western society
Owning a cell phone doesn't mean everyone keeps it with him at all times, and this will limit potential uses. Hopefully people don't become tied to it that badly.
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
It’s my opinion that underutilization is because of application rather than any more ephemeral thing like appearance. QR codes haven’t had a killer app yet, and they tend to be used for marketing rather than any critical tasks that rely on the qualities that make it a useful technology. My guess is this will change as it’s become more or less a requirement to have a cell phone to function in western society.
As an European I’d say over half of my mobile payments are already via a QR code (it triggers a direct debit from my bank app). It’s infinitely faster than going through online checkout forms.
Do you at least get a manual confirmation? Because if not, I've a QR code I'd like to show you...
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#74Hi HN! Inspired by a recent HN article on QR codes [0], I decided to finally publish [1] and open-source [2] a service I created 7 years ago. I got pulled away from it by projects with higher priority and it has been catching dust and been bitrot eroding since. Now reconstructed the basics and hosted on an AWS instance I would like to share so it might inspire. Creating a photo realistic QR requires two steps. The fi…
Cool idea. Sadly only the b/w example scans for me, and even that takes a while to register.
Which app are you using?
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#75Related idea: https://www.aestheticodes.com/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW39Mt5kscQ But this is probably better because it uses natively supported QR codes.
I have a pet project, "Oh By"[1] that is a replacement for QR codes that does not require an app to create, or consume, and you can just chalk them up anywhere. The downside is that it is a centralized service. Further, you would need to trust that this centralized service would continue operating into the indeterminate future. Luckily I have a strong track record there. A very simple example use-case is here: https:…
From a practical perspective, the larger problem with this implementation is that unless you happen to have heard of your service (unlikely), it's not obvious what to do with the code, or even how to find out what it is. You need a distinctive, unique string format that yields to googling. Overloading the hexadecimal notation was a poor choice, in my opinion.
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
As an European I’d say over half of my mobile payments are already via a QR code (it triggers a direct debit from my bank app). It’s infinitely faster than going through online checkout forms.
Do you at least get a manual confirmation? Because if not, I've a QR code I'd like to show you...
IIRC, the QR code is basically telling an app which merchat to pay. The QR equivalent of 'dTal@paypal plz'.
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#77Somehow, I think these kinds of "clever" QR codes would be less used. Most people aren't going to even notice that they are legit QR codes. QR codes are already underutilized enough, at least in western countries. Cool idea, though!
It’s my opinion that underutilization is because of application rather than any more ephemeral thing like appearance. QR codes haven’t had a killer app yet, and they tend to be used for marketing rather than any critical tasks that rely on the qualities that make it a useful technology. My guess is this will change as it’s become more or less a requirement to have a cell phone to function in western society.
"QR codes haven’t had a killer app yet"
When I lived in China, scanning QR codes was how we initiated payments for restaurants, groceries, couriers and other offline goods/services. It was also how we added people to WeChat.
I would guess at least 20 million QR codes are scanned per day in Beijing.
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#78Is there an android app for qr code reading that doesn't want all my information???
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#79Is there an android app for qr code reading that doesn't want all my information???
I use Binary Eye from fdroid and it does its one job well without being privacy invasive.
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#80Is there an android app for qr code reading that doesn't want all my information???
The built in camera app scans QR codes