With Melbourne back open and Christmas only a few weeks away, it’s not too late to create something magical for your customers. Here are our top 12 quick-turn-around ideas for Christmas 2020. If you see something you like, let us know and we can start making your Christmas wishes come true today.

MAKING THE MOST OF A COVID CHRISTMAS Social distancing, restricted crowd numbers and concerns around safety are going to dominate how brands and stores interact with customers. We’ve put together some top-line ideas to on how a little innovative creative thinking with virtual and augmented reality, motion tracking and hands free interactive can create Xmas experiences to remember.

To demonstrate their incredible history we created an AR booklet to take beer lovers on an interactive journey across Pravha’s hometown. The booklet gave a beautiful overview of Prahva using augmented reality. But where it really shined was when it became interactive. Using the booklet imagery, as opposed to QR codes, users were able to explore at their own pace, creating their own adventure.

When augmented reality was first emerging it was often viewed as a gimmick. But this little augmented reality activation we did for Telstra showed that it can be a very powerful tool for creating connections with customers while being covid safe. It’s also a fantastic way of creating a meaningful touchpoint without anyone getting their hands dirty as we re-build post Covid-19.

Experiential activations with a human touch. Installed in Telstra’s store front windows our real-life mannequins caught shoppers attention by acting out fun summer activities. Each experience was real, a moment shared between human beings. And because it was authenticity, it delivered an incredibly strong message in a very interactive unique way.

A classic example of using augmented and virtual reality technology to deliver a behaviour changing interactive experience. Originally we set out to help our client narrow down their customer’s ring choice but as we explored the interactive activation we found the hands-off, virtual approach, had a psychological effect. Shoppers stayed longer, tried more rings and we removed the barrier to entry.

We’ve all been spending a lot of time in our lounge rooms lately and this got us thinking about this fun exploration game we created for Samsonite. The game was easy to play. All you had to do is explore the world’s most famous landmarks using your phone and a pair of cardboard Google Goggles. The player that found the most hidden items won. Pretty simple. And how nice is it to explore the world while you’re stuck at home.

You don’t need a time machine to bring adventure to your customers. Using augmented reality and a large video wall we brought some jurassic beasts to Myer in Melbourne’s CBD

The possibilities for customer experience are endless with virtual reality and augmented reality. We have a feeling we’re going to see a lot more of it as the industry looks for innovative experiential experiences to reconnect with shoppers post-covid 19.

Using the latest virtual reality technology to immerse the customer in a virtual candy store, this app showcased the cutting-edge capabilities of SAP Hybris’ in-store customer engagement and analytics. The app not only transported users to a virtual reality candy playground, but it demonstrated in real-time how people can connect and meet in a virtual reality space.

How do you meet Santa with social distancing? This Christmas experience Santa via virtual reality, augmented reality or mixed reality.

Water art installation boosts retail interaction. The giant water wall mesmerised shoppers at Telstra’s iconic Melbourne store for two months. Customers experienced regular changes to the art installation over the activation period – we certainly had a lot of fun with this show-stopping installation.

Watch This Space created an Augmented Reality app that showcased the shoe and jacket range and included some fun features such as hidden discount markers, AR selfie photo app and an MTE photography gallery.

Retail execution and engagement solutions specialists Omni ISG required an instructional video to help advise businesses of their CRM platform. Watch This Space created a Virtual Presenter, a die-cut perspex body onto which we projected an animated tutorial with key indicators to help portray the Omni ISG messaging.

An experiential window experience where passers-by could create an augmented reality GIF of themselves with a graffiti border. Taking the augmented reality ‘selfie’ into a humorous new direction, this experience was setup to create excitement prior to the new Telstra Discovery Store.

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Watch This Space is an experiential marketing agency that blends creative thinking with cutting-edge technology to create experiences that resonate. Talk to us today about creating something exciting for your brand.