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WestJet’s Charitable Christmas Campaign is Fueled by Holograms and Greenscreens
WestJet’s Christmas campaigns are legendary. Here’s just a taste of what the brand has pulled off over the last eight years: Delivering personalized gifts from “Blue Santa” at baggage claim, completing 12,000 acts of kindness in 90 destinations over the course of 24 hours, and throwing an epic community Christmas party for the residents of...
Attendees enter the 5G Experience Labs for a new life experience
Though 5G wireless technology is poised to change the world as we know it, from self-driving cars to telemedicine to gaming to smart home devices, most people are unaware of its true capabilities. Verizon set out to address this disconnect through presenting 5G as something consumers could touch, see and experience, while driving home the...
AR animations helped bring the “American Horror Story” activation at San Diego Comic-Con
FX Networks’ goal with its “American Horror Story” activation at San Diego Comic-Con was to scare and excite the series’ fans without revealing spoilers of the upcoming season. What materialized was a mysterious, sneak peek of what was to come, fueled by an augmented reality-enabled tour of the “American Horror Story Eccentricities Collection.” The collection,...
Instagram lets the whole cityscape see insta stories
How do you communicate the significance of a storytelling platform that’s located in the palm of your hand? That was Instagram’s mission at the 2018 Cannes Lions Festival, where it served as an important part of Facebook’s on-site activation. The solution was a video art installation featuring eight hours of Instagram Stories collected from around...