Tag: Japan

World’s first 3D printing photo booth

Ever wanted a life-like miniature action figure of yourself? Omote 3D has made that possible by setting up the world’s first 3D printing photo booth for a limited time at the Eye of Gyre exhibition space in Harajuku, Japan.

From November 24th to January 13th, 2013 people with reservations will be able to have their bodies scanned into a computer. Then instead of a photograph they will receive miniature replicas of themselves. 😎

The miniature replicas are available in 3 sizes i.e. S (10cm), M (15cm) and L (20cm) for US$264, US$403 and US$528, respectively.

Additionally click here to see how Polskie Radio in Poland has used 3D printing technology to market their website.

Uniqlo Dry Mesh Project

To wake Pinterest users from a scrolling slumber, Uniqlo created 100 separate shell Pinterest accounts that pinned images simultaneously. Users who scrolled down the men’s apparel, women’s apparel, geek, fitness and sports categories came across giant mosaics that “animated” when scrolled through.

Uniqlo however is not the only brand out there that has successfully leveraged basic features of a social website to its advantage. Here are some of the others…
– Smart Car Tweet Commercial
– Volkswagen Facebook Flipbook
– Quechua Facebook Cover Motion

The Flying Banner

The AR Drone is the ultimate geek toy. It’s a quadricopter that one can control with an iPhone or iPad. So rather than explain all of this, Beacon Communications Tokyo created an interactive online banner that gave people a chance to control a virtual AR Drone through their iPhone. All the users needed to do was scan the displayed QR code to setup the link…

What makes the banner stand out from others is that it does not use standard messaging to sell the product, but actually replicates the product experience to deliver the message. 😎