College Uses Augmented Reality OOH Banner To Recruit Students
Here is a great use of cross media marketing! A printed banner connects people (and potential students) with a digital experience that offers them a glimpse into campus life. The video below doesnt show if there was a way to connect and get more information, but that would just be icing on the cake since […]
10,000 NFC Ad Panels Go Live Across The UK
Hear that? It’s the sound of progress! Sure there are soon to be antiquated QR codes on these out-of-home ads, but have no fear, as soon as all mobile devices are enabled with NFC readers they will be distant memories! I have been writing about NFC for over three years pretty much waiting for this […]
HP Live Photo App Turns Photo Prints Into Augmented Reality Videos
This is a great idea and of course since the App works with print it’s even cooler! Im not a big photo sharing person in my real life, but Im thinking of other ways to use this tech that make more sense for me. For example, using the app to add a little photo to […]
Where AR We Now: The Current State of Augmented Reality
By Ben Freund I decided to challenge myself for this month’s article. I decided I was going to find out what was so exciting about AR technology, and when I figured it out, I’d let you know what it was. See, my understanding of AR was a little out of date. As far as I […]
360 Panoramic of the BBC’s World’s Newsroom Triggered by #DirectMail
This is certainly a cool way to stand out from the crowd, especially when you are approaching the “media” industry which I have to assume applies to those who BUY space, and not members of the media. While there isnt very detailed information below such as did the DM have an envelope – and if […]
Philadelphia Cream Cheese Goes Interactive With #AR #Packaging
Get a schmear of Augmented Reality with your bagel! Brand loyalty is a wonderful thing. Once consumer trust is established, opportunities to create evangelists for products and services and create new users, can be found even through packaging! I think this is a great example for a few reasons… • Loyal Philly fiends will love […]
Brazil Makes Tourist Strolls Smartphone-Friendly With #QR Code Sidewalks
This is pretty cool! When I read the AP article I started thinking about the book Angels and Demons and Robert Langdon running through Rome following ancient lines in the street, looking for symbols of earth, air, fire and water to save the kidnapped Vatican Cardinals. In a way this use of QR codes is […]
McDUMB! McDonald’s Tries #QR Codes
It’s hard to believe that there haven’t been any McQR codes before now, but they are certainly going all out by putting them on every bag and soda cup! The codes will lead to nutritional information, but I see two pretty HUGE problems with that. The first, if I have a bag or a […]
Samsung Tests #NFC Window Shopping in Amsterdam
In October of last year I attended the SGIA Expo in Las Vegas where I was also invited to present an educational session titled “Understanding Today’s Print Buyers.” The Expo is dedicated to the specialty printing and imaging technology side of things, wide format being the most prevalent, but there was a great mix of […]
GIF-itti! Incredible Animated Art
I have always gone by the litmus test that if something evokes an emotional response it is art, in whatever form that may occur. Besides the rise of the GIF as fine art here, what’s really interesting to me is that the artist acknowledges that this work can only “live online, but some would argue that is […]
A Unique E-Book Concept Merges Dead Tree Pulp With The Web
More printed electronics! And genius concept! Thanks to Jill at @MillcraftPaper for sharing this in my LinkedIn Group! WALDEK WĘGRZYN’S INNOVATIVE TAKE ON THE ELECTRONIC BOOK TURNS THE BOOK ITSELF INTO A NEW DIGITAL INTERFACE, WITHOUT ELIMINATING THE JOYS OF INK ON PAPER. The very name of the Kindle Paperwhite, the latest version of Amazon’s […]
Blippar Makes The Shortlist (Interactive)
This is a nice example of Augmented Reality from Blippar. What makes this interesting for me, is that in this magazine there are a bunch of ways to interact with print – play a video game, see additional photos, get more information, do a little shopping, make funny pictures to share with your friends, and […]