thinking of 'transmission over QR code on your phone screen' as an alternative to both wires and wireless. clearer mental model (of what's connected to what) than wireless + no need for physical wires or plugging into a port on your phone
Disney rides do this, where you pull up the code on your phone screen and then put your phone into this Dune mouth thing (which presumably contains a camera pointed down at your phone screen) and swipe your pass into the machine, and it vibrates in a satisfying way as you swipe