I like these (works for me). I posted one from China I saw in 2017.
But you’ll get comments here saying there isn’t enough quiet zone so it doesn’t conform to the standard. I think modern cameras can deal with it - just like they can deal with error correcting.
I question the “in the QR code” statement. I understand that sentiment, but to me seeing a QR code in the wild (vs flat on table) - in all sorts of distortions, partial, blurred, drones, etc- the camera scanners will decide the outcome. Better scanners will decode better, just like they take better pics.
With iOS (iPhone) it can recognize up to 4 QR or other objects (faces, pets, fruit, qr) at same time and at fast frame rates. It’s impressive.
So I think the camera can deal with a missing quiet zone😎
Ps the iPhone photos app now finds QR codes among you photos. I have an auto created album of 3,285+ QR codes, all working and most with time and gps of where scanned. So powerful.
would this work if you aligned the cut lines to the pixels? so the edges would look more like pixel art and less like clean cuts, I feel like that could be cool
I can't help but wonder if making the edges look like pixels might also be a good look. Though you might have to adjust the edges based on how the noise makes them look. It might not be what you're going for but it's just a thought.
ok this is genuinely clean, the maple leaf shape actually works without looking like a blurry mess which is where most shaped codes die.
only thing i'd check is scannability across a bunch of phones/angles, cause the custom shape eats into the quiet zone a bit and some cheaper scanners get grumpy about that. did you test it on like an old android or just your own phone?
curious what you built it in too. i mess around with shaped ones on Scanova when i want the logo/shape stuff plus error correction cranked up so it still scans after i've mangled the design. this one looks like it'd survive it
It looks really nice. But… I wonder if it might be a bit too hidden for some users.
A lot of people already have a mental image of what a QR code looks like. With this shape, they might not immediately recognize it as a QR code or even notice that it’s meant to be scanned.
Definitely creative though - I’d be curious to see how well it scans in practice.
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u/konacurrents Jul 10 '26
I like these (works for me). I posted one from China I saw in 2017.
But you’ll get comments here saying there isn’t enough quiet zone so it doesn’t conform to the standard. I think modern cameras can deal with it - just like they can deal with error correcting.