Snapchat is launching a new promotional Lenses ad format that lets advertisers superimpose corporate logos on their photos and videos. Unlike the platform’s popular filters, these new Lens ads don’t have to be used on images or video depicting faces. An example of this was seen on Cinco de Mayo when Snapchat teamed up with […]
M&M’s brought a whole new flavour of fun to New York’s Times Square by transforming iconic billboards in the famous square into an innovative, augmented reality gaming arcade. Much like the traditional caramel flavour, the M&M’s ARcade tapped into a nostalgic feeling and brought back memories of a classic old-school arcade. It gave fans the […]
Pokémon Go creator Niantic has formed a multi-year partnership with the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation, with plans to advance civic engagement in local communities around the US through AR experiences.a The collaboration will see Niantic’s gaming experiences, including Ingress and Pokémon Go, leveraged at select community events supported by Knight Foundation. These […]
11th April 2017 sees the launch of a groundbreaking mixed-reality app from Gorillaz, which comes ahead of highly anticipated new album ‘Humanz’, to be released by Parlophone Records on 28th April. Pushing the boundaries of mobile technology, the Gorillaz App, which is available on both Android and iOS, will allow fans to immerse themselves in […]
Switzerland’s largest retail company Migros looks to usher in the revolutionary future of shopping with the new augmented reality (AR) function of their app called ‘Discover’. It uses the smartphone camera to identity unique features on the product packaging and match them with the product database. As soon as a product has been “discovered”, the product name appears on […]
Vibrant Media has launched a new augmented reality (AR) content format and distribution service for Android phones that opens up a new channel for brands. Vibrant AR uses just the Chrome mobile browser and no other app, up to 390 million unique users per month will now be able to augment their view of themselves […]
Pottery Barn is launching an augmented reality app, called 3D Room View, that lets customers visually try out living room furniture before they buy it. The 3D Room View app works with Google’s Project Tango, a platform that uses motion tracking, area learning, and depth perception to allow mobile devices to understand their position relative […]
The Galeries, an official sponsor for Art Month Sydney, recently commissioned Code on Canvas and its creative partner Sutu to create an Augmented Reality exhibition as part of its campaign, The Artists’ Playground ’17. The exhibition produced by Will O’Rourke, features works from artists around the world which come to life with sound and animation […]
Shazam, one of the world’s most popular apps, announced the launch of a massively scaled augmented reality (AR) platform for its brand partners, artists and hundreds of millions of global users. Beam Suntory, Inc., the world’s third largest premium spirits company, has signed on as one of several launch partners. Since launching visual-recognition functionality in […]
Retailers need to embrace next generation technology such as artificial intelligence (AI) and augmented reality (AR) if they want shoppers to continue using their apps, new research has found. The study found that nearly 30% of consumers would like to see more innovation in mobile apps, so that they provide a better, more personalised shopping […]