Arilyn Blog

Team Arilyn, wonder women Emmi and Katri, travelled the globe to showcase augmented reality and Arilyn to the visitors at Slush Singapore. The adventure was full of hot encounters and furry surprises. Read on!

Back again with the latest edition of getting to know Arilyn. This week, I will be asking the same serious and other not so serious questions to myself, how delightful! 

Back again with the latest edition of getting to know Arilyn. This week we will be asking the same serious and other not so serious questions to get to know the newest addition to our team, Jenni Vistiaho, who started as our 3D Trainee only last week!

In the times of digitalisation, comic books, or books in general, are losing their audience. Physical entertainment providers need to find new ways to engage their audience, and augmented reality is one way to do so.

In an August 2018 number of Aku Ankka, the Finnish equivalent to Donald Duck revealed a story featuring a cartoon look-alike of Finnish superstar Sanni. The story also featured augmented panels hiding a real-life Sanni and a competition to win tickets to her upcoming Arena show.

The everyday products have a stable and reliable consumer base. Sometimes though, a little shake-up is in place to find new customers and remind the existing ones why they should stick with your product. Arla took a chance with an AR campaign.

Aamu the cat, who lives in Arla’s milk cartons, went on a football-themed adventure this World Cup summer of 2018. A football field with a goal and Aamu as a goalie appeared from the carton, inviting everyone to try their goal-scoring skills. 

Back again with the latest edition of getting to know Arilyn. This week we will be asking the same serious and other not so serious questions to get to know our Biz Dev Dir or Business Development Director, Katri Kantoniemi, better. 

Art is an essential medium to tell history and stories. However, no matter how interesting the narrative told, often times the story of the art itself stays hidden. Augmented reality makes it visible.

Arilyn helped to enhance two classic pieces of art, famous frescoes by Tove Jansson, by bringing fashion journalist Sami Sykkö and nature journalist Minna Pyykkö to explore the frescoes and ponder the feelings, moods and inspirations on show within them.

Another edition of faces of Arilyn back with the questions we are all dying to know the answers to. We will be blasting some serious and other not so serious questions to our own Topi Jalvas, better.

What happens after a devastating turning point in life? Can evil be forgiven?

Finnish photographer Meeri Koutaniemi and Finnish producer Arman Alizad exhibited a series of documentary photos giving people an insight into suffering around the world. We enhanced the project with augmented reality to showcase more than just numbers.

Alright, we are back again with the faces of Arilyn. We will be asking some serious and other not so serious questions to get to know our own Linda Loukonen, better. Linda first joined Arilyn first a Trainee from Metropolia and is now a fully-fledged Junior Content Specialist!