QR Code for nazcarpine.com
Is your website QR-ready? But what is QR in the first place? A QR Code is a matrix code or two-dimensional bar code, as shown on the left, created by Japanese Denso-Wave corporation. The “QR” is derived from “Quick Response”, which decode its content at high speed. QR Codes are common in Japan and most current Japanese mobile phones can read QR code with their built-in camera.
More from Wikipedia below.
A QR Code is a matrix code (or two-dimensional bar code) created by Japanese corporation Denso-Wave in 1994. The “QR” is derived from “Quick Response”, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed. QR Codes are common in Japan, where they are currently the most popular type of two dimensional codes. Moreover, most current Japanese mobile phones can read this code with their camera.
Although initially used for tracking parts in vehicle manufacturing, QR Codes are now used in a much broader context, including both commercial tracking applications and convenience-oriented applications aimed at mobile phone users (known as mobile tagging). QR Codes storing addresses and URLs may appear in magazines, on signs, buses, business cards or just about any object that users might need information about. Users with a camera phone equipped with the correct reader software can scan the image of the QR Code causing the phone’s browser to launch and redirect to the programmed URL. This act of linking from physical world objects is known as a hardlink or physical world hyperlinks. Users can also generate and print their own QR Code for others to scan and use by visiting one of several free QR Code generating sites.
QR code samples:
Train Station Routes:
From Shibuya Station, Tokyo Japan:
Check out this QR bar codes embedded into the mosaic (Detective Conan Anime Series) of the station posters, each tile (as shown below) has a separate bar code, which gives you information and a site how to go to that station.
Japan Visa:
Japan Visa (but use different QR encoding with a special decoder)
I found this free application for iphone to scan QR code, its called QRapp developed by Block5.
Application Description:
QRapp.com is happy to offer a free QR code scanning app. With QR app it couldn’t be easier, launch QR app with one click and QR app is already looking for barcodes to scan. Why settle for anything less? We love QR codes and use them everyday in our real lives. We were frustrated with those other apps that just don’t work, so we decided to build the best QR app and share it with the world for FREE! We hope you enjoy using our little iPhone app.
and on their application site, they have QR code generator. Try it for free.
