QR codes must have been buried in a pet cemetery
I thought QR codes were long dead and gone, however, class this week said otherwise.
Then, I remembered an article I had read a couple weeks ago about a"virtual grocery store" which highly utilizes this technology.
It's like a regular supermarket, except it has no inventory in-house and instead of food and shelves, "Walnut Stores," and those like it, render an experience very close to a visit to the real grocery store with pictures of shelves and food.
They could also offer a squeaky-cart-roulette feature to further authenticate the simulation.
Just like the real thing!
The protocol of using a virtual grocery store is relatively intuitive- imagine telling that to your grandparents or their grandparents.
Each item is paired with a unique QR code which shoppers scan to add groceries to their virtual cart.
The whole point of this thing is that it takes too long to get everything you need from the giant grocery store, so, once shoppers select their desired products, they can pay and their haul will be on their doorstep once they return home.
Another point of the "smart store" scheme is making up for what we lack when shopping online. Consumers are separated from the product, and not being able to see, taste, touch the product impedes the buying process, possibly preventing purchase altogether.
Some virtual stores personalize the shopping experience by housing large varieties of samples in the store. Consumers skip the inhibitions which accompany such product-unknowns by accessing the samples on hand, giving them the opportunity to find out which products are the ones that fit their needs.
Some QR codes also offer nutrition facts about products, price per unit, comparisons, or recommendations to enhance and expedite the droll supermarket experience.
Should QR codes continue their rise, I'd bet their accessibility rises too.
From my own experiences trying to create QR codes, it seems many offer basic QR-construction for free, but require paid subscriptions for more advanced generations.
Basic QR codes would be those without images. Pretty much QR-codes that lead to a preconceived url.
If they continue their resurged relevance, I can see QR-code generators being widely free and capable of more "advanced" generations.
I can only see the success of these paid services based on people's perception of the QR-code as something they are unable of creating themselves, and something they want to create regularly. That's the only way it would make sense to pay for such a service.
So, as more people use QR-codes, they will be regarded as a mainstream technology, not a special or advanced one, potentially destroying the market for generator subscriptions.
When I first encountered QR-codes, I thought they were way cool and useful, but then never really ran into them or used them irl. I use them most frequently adding or being added on Snapchat, probably.
I hope to see more QR codes in my life in the near future.
Then, I remembered an article I had read a couple weeks ago about a"virtual grocery store" which highly utilizes this technology.
They could also offer a squeaky-cart-roulette feature to further authenticate the simulation.
Just like the real thing!
The protocol of using a virtual grocery store is relatively intuitive- imagine telling that to your grandparents or their grandparents.
Each item is paired with a unique QR code which shoppers scan to add groceries to their virtual cart.
The whole point of this thing is that it takes too long to get everything you need from the giant grocery store, so, once shoppers select their desired products, they can pay and their haul will be on their doorstep once they return home.
Another point of the "smart store" scheme is making up for what we lack when shopping online. Consumers are separated from the product, and not being able to see, taste, touch the product impedes the buying process, possibly preventing purchase altogether.
Some virtual stores personalize the shopping experience by housing large varieties of samples in the store. Consumers skip the inhibitions which accompany such product-unknowns by accessing the samples on hand, giving them the opportunity to find out which products are the ones that fit their needs.
Some QR codes also offer nutrition facts about products, price per unit, comparisons, or recommendations to enhance and expedite the droll supermarket experience.
Should QR codes continue their rise, I'd bet their accessibility rises too.
From my own experiences trying to create QR codes, it seems many offer basic QR-construction for free, but require paid subscriptions for more advanced generations.
Basic QR codes would be those without images. Pretty much QR-codes that lead to a preconceived url.
If they continue their resurged relevance, I can see QR-code generators being widely free and capable of more "advanced" generations.
I can only see the success of these paid services based on people's perception of the QR-code as something they are unable of creating themselves, and something they want to create regularly. That's the only way it would make sense to pay for such a service.
So, as more people use QR-codes, they will be regarded as a mainstream technology, not a special or advanced one, potentially destroying the market for generator subscriptions.
When I first encountered QR-codes, I thought they were way cool and useful, but then never really ran into them or used them irl. I use them most frequently adding or being added on Snapchat, probably.
I hope to see more QR codes in my life in the near future.
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