Is there anything similar to a QR code that works offline?

Say I have a flyer that I want to discreetly distribute and there is no internet.

Is there something like a QR code that contains the data itself and not just a URL?

This way someone with no data plan could scan the icon/code with an app and the unrecognizable bits and bytes from the icon/code would show up on their screen as a .JPEG of a flyer or something.

  • southerntofu
    3·
    3 years ago

    NFC or RFID requires specific hardware (badges) whereas QR codes can be hand drawn, printed…

    • GmorkOP
      2·
      3 years ago

      Absolutely. That’s what I was getting at.

      Being able to run down to my local postal Service and print out QR codes on stickers for next to nothing is much more realistic.

      Whereas NFC or RFID would be more expensive, not as easy or convenient to replicate and the average person knows what to do when they see a QR code and that’s not necessarily true of RFID or NFC.