Last week, we tried out NFC purchasing within the comfy confines of the Hoyts' business-class La Premiere cinema seats, but we've begun wondering what other uses there are for the technology, apart from prising us from our cash more easily.
If you ordered food or drink via QkR at Hoyts' La Premiere, what did you think?
The system, as explained in the video above, works well if you're one of the lucky few to be toting an NFC-enabled phone.
Speaking to the MasterCard guys and gals after the event, they nominated a few other potential uses for NFC technology. The most fetching of these is for developing countries; where the cost of installing credit-card terminals in taxis is prohibitive, an NFC sticker could be installed for next to nothing, thereby allowing middle-class clientele to pay via an electronic wallet.
Our own mobologist, Joseph Hanlon, has come up with a few other suggestions. For example, it would be easy to stocktake NFC-tagged items, especially around the home. Alternatively, NFC spots could be installed on car doors to allow for keyless entry — although, given the proliferation of RF-enabled keyless-entry and start systems nowadays, this may be a non-starter (boom-tish).
Let us know in the comments section below how you'd like to see NFC employed to make your life easier.
Also, if you've had a chance to try out the QkR-based ordering system at Hoyts La Premiere in Chatswood, Sydney or the old Fox Studios, let us know what you think of it in the poll to the right.
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