QR Code Press

Decorative AI-generated QR codes go viral in China

06/19/202306/17/2023 Jorge Gonzalez

The artificial intelligence-created designs are drawing lots of attention, but large drawbacks remain. QR codes are far from anything new, and despite their popularity throughout the worst of the pandemic, when contactless activities were most necessary, their popularity has started drooping in many areas. That is, until a new AI-generated barcode started drawing massive attention in China and other countries. Artificial intelligence designed visually appealing barcodes that consumers were happy to scan. AIGC artificial intelligence technology was used to bring a fresh look to QR codes. It turned out to…

Customers are done with QR code menus, so restaurants are getting rid of them

05/30/202305/29/2023 Sam Lambert

QR code menus - Ordering at a Restaurant

Though helpful throughout the pandemic, diners are no longer interested in scanning barcodes. QR code menus may have been helpful and popular throughout the worst of the pandemic, but restaurant customers are no longer interested in scanning, and those businesses are taking notice. Many restaurants are switching back to physical menus, because their customers prefer them. A recent The New York Times report showed that restaurants are dumping the QR code menus they had been using throughout the worst of the pandemic, because their customers simply don’t want to use…

Catholic priests in France will be required to carry personalized QR codes

05/18/202305/17/2023 L. Green

The barcodes will be printed on cards they are required to keep with them so people can scan them. The new regulation states that Catholic priests in France must wear wallet-sized ID cards with QR codes so members of the public can scan the barcode and learn whether they have had their clerical status revoked, as is the case with those who are now known sexual offenders. The new barcodes are a part of a larger effort the country is making to crack down against offenders. Members of the public…

QR code on Persil packs adds accessibility

03/29/202303/28/2023 John Montgallo

Unilever has announced that the barcodes will help people who are partially sighted or blind. Unilever has partnered with Zapvision to add a QR code to its Persil packs in order to make its products more accessible to customers who are partially sighted or blind. The barcode system was created by Zappar, a digital agency and member of AIPIA. The new partnership means that the special QR code is now available on Persil laundry detergent products that will be sold throughout the United Kingdom. While this technology was originally unveiled…

Classroom QR codes to boost UNC Emergency Preparedness

03/24/202303/23/2023 Stephanie Beck

The University of North Carolina is using the barcodes and an app to improve safety. A group of University of North Carolina (UNC) faculty, including representatives from Campus Safety, University Police, the Center for Faculty Excellence, biology professor Kelly Hogan and others have developed and launch new emergency preparedness projects including classroom QR codes. The barcodes are placed on the podiums of large lecture halls to inform faculty in case of emergency. Scanning the QR codes provides the faculty member – or whoever else happens to be at the front…