http://barcode.com/a-brief-history-of-the-qr-code.html In 2002, a group of Japanese network carriers, handset makers and service providers began collaborating to create innovative uses for the new cameras in mobile phones. Their favorite idea was to turn a camera phone into a scanner to deliver encoded information, including URLs, directly to the mobile Internet. As a result of that collaboration, QR Codes are now recognized by over 90% of Japanese cell phone users – and used by more than half of them – for fast and easy access to the vast amount of information around them. More people in Japan now surf the web from a mobile phone than from a PC. And QR Codes are found everywhere – in advertising and promotional materials, on product packaging and vending machines.
