December 2019 – AR & VR in Marketing

Transmedia storytelling – also known as transmedia narrative or multiplatform storytelling – is the technique of telling a single story or story experience across multiple platforms and formats using current digital technologies.

Both Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) are expected to have a bright future in terms of opportunities, but they are entering the race with unequal conditions. Both technologies  are already mature and considered useful applications in different areas: since the triumph of Pokémon GO, most marketers are open to these new technologies.

Augmented Reality (AR) is defined by IAB as “an experience that utilizes a camera to change or enhance the user’s view of the real world. This experience can be app-based or web-based, though app-based is more common today.  AR experiences are a new way to create context and add experiences over real physical world objects

Although all AR headsets currently on the market are well-suited for trading and market data analysis, the financial community is waiting for new developments that are closer to normal eyewear in terms of design and comfort, allowing longer time of gestation.