Imagine downloading a manifesto or something from a protest sign in a newspaper or on TV.
Imagine downloading a working application from a barcode (perhaps assuming you have the "reader" app which includes a set of software libraries to do some of the heavy lifting / batteries included) -- gameboy did it. It might be useful in a disaster, or an oppressive regime scenario, but at worst, it would be fun.
3D models? Retro game console with games distributed on paper?
My imagination is limited, but I have a feeling that barcodes are something waiting to meet some newly-possible potential with the advent of handheld scanners and very high capacity barcodes.
We tried VR and PDAs and cellphones and stuff in the late 80s/early 90s, but it wasnt until the 2010s they became something really useful; I wonder if barcodes will find some new life in the future, now that more capable and available hardware exists.
Imagine downloading a working application from a barcode (perhaps assuming you have the "reader" app which includes a set of software libraries to do some of the heavy lifting / batteries included) -- gameboy did it. It might be useful in a disaster, or an oppressive regime scenario, but at worst, it would be fun.
3D models? Retro game console with games distributed on paper?
My imagination is limited, but I have a feeling that barcodes are something waiting to meet some newly-possible potential with the advent of handheld scanners and very high capacity barcodes.
We tried VR and PDAs and cellphones and stuff in the late 80s/early 90s, but it wasnt until the 2010s they became something really useful; I wonder if barcodes will find some new life in the future, now that more capable and available hardware exists.