Arilyn Blog

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

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 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.

Helsingin Sanomat highlighted important social issues and quality journalism with a poster-based campaign.

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.

Arilyn helped with the launch of the new Huawei P20 mobile phone by creating an augmented reality retail experience. The retail concept was launched in 12 countries across EMEA. With the help of augmented reality, the consumer could take a closer look at all the fine details and cool features of the new device while in-store.

Aamu the cat dreams of being a cow. Aamu lives in a milk carton and leaps from the milk carton onto the breakfast table to interact with the user and to be adored. Over the course of several days, Aamu develops from a small kitten to a fully-grown cat and learns new tricks on the way - even how to moo!