Arilyn Blog

Recycling has raised its head in the past few years. With more recycling options and tools, it may feel overwhelming to know what package goes to which bin, and people are hoping for companies to lead the way. Arla and UPM are stepping up as trailblazers in showing that recycling is both easy and fun.

In Recycling Buddies Arla and UPM joined with Youtuber Roni Back to teach children about recycling and the importance of our everyday actions. Previously presented Aamu the cat takes a new adventure with Luonto+ birds in the augmented world of recycling.

When the candy brand Panda decided to use AR for the launch of their chocolate eggs, the augmented surprise chocolate egg ended up taking Easter by storm with almost half a million scans in just a few weeks.

An AR experience featuring an animated panda was developed for candy brand Panda and Orkla, leading supplier of branded consumer goods.

Arilyn has signed an agreement with Canadian label giant CCL, the world’s largest Labels & speciality packaging manufacturer. The cooperation means that CCL will develop, market and sell AR & VR Immersive Connected Packaging services, implemented with Arilyn’s technology.

Arilyn was chosen to bring Augmented Reality to Huawei's “Who is Huawei” event. The event was aimed at exhibiting the company's past, present and future to the international press. Arilyn was featured heavily in all aspects of the event, beginning with the initial invitation, sent to 80 specially-selected journalists.

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

Aamu the cat, who lives in Arla’s milk cartons, went on a football-themed adventure this World Cup summer. A football field with goal and Aamu as a goalie appeared from the carton, inviting everyone to try their goal-scoring skills. High points got a place in the national hall of fame a scored goals also unlocked accessories for Aamu to wear in the next game.

One of Finland's leading newspapers, Helsingin Sanomat highlighted important social issues and quality journalism with a poster-based campaign, where words were turned into poster art. The artwork was enhanced with augmented reality.

The most expensive film ever made in Finland, the Unknown Soldier, is an iconic film based on the book of the same name. Pictures from the movie were printed on Valio milk cartons and through the use of Arilyn, the milk cartons transformed into a live preview of the film.

Many young adults don’t drink milk - and they don’t listen to their parents - but they do listen to music! The solution was to bring music to milk cartons. The songs of Eesti Laul, the Estonian tryouts for the Eurovision Song Contest, were a perfect opportunity for promoting milk consumption.