QR Codes

Now let's talk a bit about augmented reality. Specifically, the most common form and easily accessible form of augmented reality. The QR Code:

So how does it work?

Well let's let pictures explain:

And all that jargon makes no sense to me whatsoever. However, the picture is real spiffy.

Originating from the Land of the Rising Sun, subsidiary of Toyota, Denso Wave in 1994. Its original purpose was to track vehicles during the manufacturing process. Today, the QR code is one of the most popular 2-dimensional bar codes around, as it allows a relatively large amount of content to be decoded in a small amount of time.

Now with the pervasiveness of mobile phone with more than enough processing power to decode information, the QR code has experienced a burst of popularity as it allows essential information (such as website URLs) to be projected into a viewing device. An almost seamless blend of technology and reality.

Now I presented during NCT about augmented reality, and it seems that activity based on QR codes was well received (Well, at least from my perspective.). So, want to create your own QR code?

Here you go:

http://qrcode.kaywa.com/

And to round it all off, I will write the remainder of my blog post into the following QR code: