This weekly blog should be interesting for anyone involved in e-commerce and online marketing either as academic or professional. The blog focuses on strategic and commercial rather than technical issues of E-Commerce and on the perspectives of the Marketing in a global, digital and Social Media dominated marketplace. In exceptional cases some issues of more general interest might be also discussed.
September 7, 2009
Augmented Reality: Redifining print advertisement
Till today I thought that Augmented Reality is something for mobile applications only and certainly not for printed stuff; today I found out that I was wrong! It is no secret that people reed less printed media and that the effect of advertising (and printed advertising for that matter) is fading. Engaging customers with printed advertising is difficult but there is hope. A number of companies are already experimenting with augmented reality ads that create a very interesting and engaging effect. With the help of a webcam specially made advertisements come to life. See how it works http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dBser6_gToA Companies like P&G and ABC are also experimenting with this technique