Fishy QR Codes

September 27, 2011 By 7 Comments

Fishy QR Codes Design
Fishy QR Codes Design
Fishy QR Codes Design
Fishy QR Codes Design

After seeing a post by Terence Eden I was inspired to test out the areas of a QR code that could be blanked off and still work.

I moved a white box around on screen while scanning a QR code with the RedLaser iPhone app and was surprised to see the amount of error correction present in the code. So I created a couple versions of a code with a simple link to Fish Media to test if they still work.

I’m unsure how versatile these will be with other readers and devices (perhaps you could let me know in the comments below?) but I have printed this code out fairly small and it still scans with the iPhone.

Putting these onto MOO stickers could be a realy good idea!

Terence speaks of integrating image creation into his QR code API which could automatically be linked to the final destination. Read his brief post here: QRpedia and Images and his more comprehensive ‘Hiding Space Invaders In QR Codes‘.

 

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About Richard Mackney

Sharer of thoughts and Photography from an iPhone while touring the UK in a Caravan and drinking Beer. Co-creator of @fishmedia and two small fry.

  • MPBroadhurst

    Nice find! I wasn’t aware of this in-built error correction within QR codes. This opens up some nice possibilities. I particularly like the example given by Terence Eden featuring Che.BTW, I tried your code on my using QR Droid Private and Google Goggles on my Desire Z and they worked fine.

  • wur2le
  • Richard Mackney

    @MPBroadhurst thanks for testing. Would you be kind enough to test my personal one here: http://richard.mackney.com/richard-mackney it should save the contact details to your phone rather than just shoot you off to a URL?

  • MPBroadhurst

    That one works as well.

  • seanEclark

    All worked for me just fine using QRReader iPhone App.We are now putting these on our next run of mini-kegs, linking to a brewery video, may see if I can squeeze a graphic in!

  • Richard Mackney

    @seanEclark send me a full keg an I’ll test it for you ;)

  • Jake Snr

    had no idea you could play around with QR codes and rely on the error correction… All worked great using Skanz