Like many other cities and industries across the nation, 2020 was a hard year for restaurants and cultural institutions in Baltimore. To help reinvigorate the community as Covid vaccination rates reached safe levels, OLD BAY created an AR scavenger hunt that challenged Baltimoreans to get out of their homes and back to their favorite spots in search of a culinary favorite: OLD BAY-covered blue crabs.
OLD BAY launches AR scavenger hunt in Baltimore to help reinvigorate the community
Aug 12, 2021 4:45:36 PM / by 8th Wall posted in Food & Beverage
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners NL is the first company in the world to add AR experience to the serving of soft drinks
Aug 9, 2021 10:24:40 AM / by 8th Wall posted in Food & Beverage
To increase engagement and sales for its hospitality sector partners in the Netherlands, Coca-Cola Europacific Partners launched an augmented reality experience that brings its drink menus to life. Acting as a point-of-sale activation, The Soda Experience provides CCEP’s hospitality sector partners an easy tool that they can use to offer their customers new and innovative ways to experience the perfect soda serve of selected Coca-Cola drinks in WebAR.
Oral B launches AR game to promote dental hygiene during the holiday season
Aug 5, 2021 2:54:19 PM / by 8th Wall posted in Beauty & Wellness, Games & Toys, Health
With Halloween right around the corner, Oral B wanted to find a fun and creative way to remind kids and parents about the importance of dental hygiene. To accomplish this, they created an interactive web-based augmented reality game that showcases their product as the hero.
Supporting your favorite English Premier League Club just got sweeter with Cadbury’s WebAR experience
Aug 2, 2021 10:12:15 AM / by 8th Wall posted in Food & Beverage
Cadbury partnered with four fan favorite English Premier League Clubs to create an industry first web-based augmented reality pack-led activation. Using limited edition Cadbury treats, fans are able to support and interact with their favorite teams including Manchester United, Arsenal, Chelsea and Liverpool in a fun and sweet way.
WebAR portals get even more powerful with 8th Wall’s upgraded AR engine
Jul 27, 2021 9:34:13 AM / by 8th Wall posted in Announcements
Augmented Reality can change the real world into something extraordinary or open a door to teleport users to another world completely. World Effects are the most popular category of augmented reality created on 8th Wall with WebAR Portals a dominant use case for World AR content. Today, we are excited to announce that WebAR Portals powered by 8th Wall are getting a major upgrade.
Find your next adventure with Stillhouse Whiskey’s WebAR experience
Jul 23, 2021 3:06:06 PM / by 8th Wall posted in Food & Beverage, Alcoholic Beverage
As part of their #GETYOURCANOUTTHERE campaign, Stillhouse Whiskey created a highly interactive connected packaging experience which transforms the unique Stillhouse Whiskey Can into an immersive journey for consumers.
Hologram of tennis champ Andy Murray challenges you to beat his score in a WebAR game by American Express
Jul 16, 2021 1:48:31 PM / by 8th Wall posted in Banking & Finance, Sports & Fitness
To celebrate the return of Wimbledon, American Express partnered with Andy Murray to create Champions Rally, a highly interactive augmented reality gaming experience. Featuring a virtual Wimbledon Centre Court, this browser-based AR game gets fans in the action whether they’re court side or at home.
Nickelodeon celebrates launch of “The Patrick Star Show” series with interactive WebAR posters
Jul 9, 2021 10:07:54 AM / by 8th Wall posted in Arts & Entertainment
Patrick Star, Bikini Bottom resident and noted scholar/entertainer, has long been an innovator. With a Wumbology PhD in hand, he’s pondered many of the great questions - i.e., is mayonnaise an instrument? When the inner machinations of one’s mind are an enigma, it naturally follows that one would promote one’s show in only the most innovative fashion.
Announcing the 8th Wall Partner Program
Jul 8, 2021 8:26:01 AM / by 8th Wall posted in Announcements
We are thrilled to announce the official launch of the 8th Wall Partner Program, a first-of-its-kind global network of trusted agencies and creative studios that have proven experience in bringing web-based augmented reality experiences to market. Our Partner Program is designed to connect brands with agencies so that they can harness the power of WebAR to engage users in new ways and achieve business results with augmented reality.
Today we are pleased to announce the launch of Public Profiles, a new offering from 8th Wall that gives all of our developers their own public-facing pages to feature their work on 8thwall.com. Public Profiles act as a portfolio to showcase your work, let users try out your experiences and even show and share your code if you so choose. These pages are designed to help you succeed by attracting new opportunities, inspiring the community and engaging new users.
