Arilyn Blog

Helsinki Synth City Festival is an annual music event. The festival is organized by the Helsinki Synth City artist collective, a group of independent, uncompromising, and likeminded artists.

In 2019, the very first Helsinki Synth City Festival took place in Ääniwalli, Helsinki. The organizers wanted to bring a new wing to the marketing, so an AR-enhanced ticket competition was arranged.

Pasi Rauhala is a Finnish media artist, who works with 3D, augmented reality, space, ready-made objects, video, photography, installations, and performances. Rauhala's works are often spatial and come into existence with the viewer's presence. 

Here presented are his AR works: Engine, Concrete Pixel, Flamigos, and Machina de Facto.

Event attendees want unique and memorable experiences. At the interior design trade fair Habitare 2018 in Helsinki, augmented reality was used to place 3D models of Finnish design brand Artek's furniture in and around the space, letting visitors see what they look like in a real environment. 

Habitare is Finland's most prominent furniture, decor and design event that turned the visitor's fair experience into an adventure with the help of AR.

Aqua d'Or wanted young urban adults and digital natives to engage with their brand. More specifically, with their limited-edition holiday season product Sparkles, flavored sparkling water. A visible campaign to spar brand engagement was needed, so what better than to organize a competition in augmented reality!

Under the Christmas of 2019 Georgian mineral water brand Borjomi launched a WebAR campaign to liven their special edition packages with a customizable AR holiday greeting.

Finnish health care company Mehiläinen and the Moomin Characters started collaborating in renewing Mehiläinen for children's brand in February 2019. The co-operation creates a new kind of visibility into children's medical services.

In May 2019, Mehiläinen joined forces with VR studio Zoan and Arilyn to cheer up kids waiting for their turn at the hospital. AR ignited posters with familiar Moomin characters now lighten up waiting rooms all over Finland.

Kari Hietalahti and Tommi Korpela are known for their work in the field of acting. For the past years, they have been focusing on their dear hobby: fishing. In the spring of 2020, they published a book about fly fishing.

In their nonfiction book Perhokalastuksen jäljillä (Incredible fly fishing with Tommi and Hissu), Hietalahti and Korpela dive into the world of fly fishing with the help of augmented reality.

Fiskars Village and museum area in Raseborg, Finland, have started their summer season once again. For Fiskars Village is home for over 500 people besides being a tourist sighting, they wanted to tell the Village visitors more about the buildings, the people, and the history of the area.

In these strange times, when everything is shut down, and we all want to avoid traveling around, the municipality of Tuusula in Finland took a step towards virtual cultural experiences. Together, we created an augmented experience of Halosenniemi, the atelier home of the artist Pekka Halonen. The AR experience, HALO Open Art Studio, was opened to the public on June 17th of 2020.

Remote sales have reached an essential role in many businesses during this spring and early summer. But how can you present your outstanding products without meeting face to face? With an augmented product catalog.

Lappset is the leading outdoor equipment manufacturing company in the world, offering fantastic solutions for playgrounds, outdoor sports, and park furniture. With multiple product categories and tailored services, a modern tool for presenting the possibilities was needed. Lappset already had 3D models of their playground products, so we were to transform them into AR and add them to the catalog.