The Jeep-in Game
Jeep Poland launched Jeep-in, a geo location game, which turned Poland into a big treasure map. To play it people had to go off-road. Every player received a map with the exact location of the awards. To win one had to find the point, go there and Jeep-in (check-in). The awards were put in the most remote and hard to get places in Poland. The player who at the end had the highest number of points won a Jeep Grand Cherokee.
Samsung Smart Window
CES is the world's largest consumer technology trade show, at which this year Samsung has unveiled a new "transparent" window screen called "Samsung Smart Window". With this new window Samsung has brought the whole "Minority Report" experience straight into the real world!
The "Samsung Smart Window" is about to go into mass production and we should be able to buy one pretty soon. 
Lacta Love Messages
Ad agency OgilvyOne Athens has created another innovative campaign for Lacta Chocolate. This time consumers are able to write their own love messages and see them appear on real Lacta Chocolate bars though an augmented reality mobile app…
Click here to view some of the past Lacta Chocolate campaigns that are equally innovative.
Social Snowboarding with EpicMix
In 2010 I had covered how Nokia was collaborating with Burton Snowboards, to create a new type of connected snowboarding experience.
Since then Vail Resort USA has created a RFID based platform that can be accessed from any device. Their app is called EpicMix and together with the slopes RFID lift ticket system captures the users skiing/boarding activities on the slopes and automatically uploads them to their EpicMix dashboard…
This season (2011/12) they have re-designed their app, created more badges (like Foursquare) and integrated the resort photographer’s photos to seamlessly appear in the users EpicMix account…
Hologram Christmas Surprise
On November 18, Deutsche Telekom created a multi-city, multi-media spectacular featuring Maria Carey in hologram form! People in Germany, Croatia, Macedonia, Montenegro and Poland believed they were witnessing Maria Carey live. After 10 minutes the Mariah hologram exploded into the sky and revealed the surprise. Mariah then reformed to lead all five countries in a rendition of the traditional carol "Silent Night", then finishing with the all-time favorite "All I want for Christmas is You".
The concert was attended by more than 12,000 people, and was seen by an additional 27,000 people across the globe via the live internet stream on lifeisforsharing.tv.
During the event, each city was satellite linked to the other, to enable interaction. People at the concert were also given a QR code that took them to a smartphone app of a candle flame.
Give-A-Toy Store
One of the things that all people do during the holidays, besides real shopping, is window shopping. Storefront window displays therefore have a stronger significance during the holiday season. Keeping that in mind eBay has developed a way to make this experience from a passive experience to an interactive and engaging one.
Give-A-Toy Store is a 3D Christmas window installations that has QR code tagged toys evoking passerby's sensitive and giving side. Scanning the QR codes from inside the eBay app, allows passerby's to instantly donate that toy on the spot, with the window lighting up and rewarding them for the donation.
The window installation is currently available at Toys for Tots in New York (at 35th and Broadway) and San Francisco (at 117 Post St). People who can't get there, can get the experience online.
Additionally customers can also customize their own toys on eBay’s Facebook page. For each toy created, eBay will donate $1 (up to $50,000).
Toyota Scion “Microsoft Surface Experience”
Auto Shows are known for innovative implementations of "todays" cutting edge technologies. In fact I experienced some of the cutting edge technologies first hand at the 2011 International Motor Show in Frankfurt.
If you are headed to any of the upcoming Auto Shows late this year or in 2012, chances are you'll get to play with the "Scion Surface Experience" showcasing Toyota's new all electric brand of cars on the latest Microsoft Surface tables.
Toyota's agency, Juxt Interactive has created the "Scion Surface Experience" to enable exploration of the brand's product, racing and cultural affiliations in an unexpected way. A deck of eight "collectible" cards have been created that when placed on the surface reveal photos, video content, regional sales info, and localized events.
When the cards are flipped over, they trigger a piece of a song (e.g. beats, bass or vocals). Placing all eight cards on the Surface at the same time plays the full song and gives guests a chance to remix the song in their own way, reinforcing the self-expression that is core to the Scion brand. Guests can also take their cards home and use them to download digital content related to the Auto Show experience.
Mickey Mouse brings Disney magic to NYC
Happy Birthday, Mickey Mouse! Walt Disney's beloved icon turned 83 this month and Disney Parks celebrated at the Disney Store in Times Square with an augmented reality installation.
Disney is also using a Twitter hashtag #DisneyMemories to track the experiences at Times Square and the campaign.
This augmented reality installation seems to be trending with brands wanting to do live events, as National Geographic and Lynx have also used the same style of augmented reality to engage with their audience.
Santa Tags
Brands generally use QR codes to direct consumers to websites. But this holiday season, J.C. Penney is taking a different approach.
As seen in the below video...J.C. Penney shoppers receive a "Santa Tag" sticker with each purchase this holiday season. These tags contain individualized QR codes that can be scanned with any QR code reader to record a personalized voice message! Gift recipients can, in turn, scan the codes to hear the recorded voice message when they open their gifts.
If there was a J.C. Penney around where I live, I would have definitely shopped there this season. 
Slide to Unlock
AlmapBBDO Brazil has developed a very unique and innovative iAd for the new Brazilian Audi magazine app. The ad seen in the video below appeared in various publications on the iPad and used a nice play on Apple's "Slide to Unlock" feature to engage the users.
Users who saw the ad instantly recognized the swipe gesture used to unlock Apple devices. So after racing their finger around the track, they were rewarded with a free download of the first Audi Magazine copy from the app store.
Before I could publish this post I came across another "Slide to Unlock" iAd! It seems this iOS feature is becoming a popular creative feature for iAds. In the below example, Amnesty International has created an iAd in Sweden's largest newspaper, DN, where readers were presented with an image of a prison cell and prisoner inside. "Slide to Unlock" was used to open the prison cell and reveal a strong call to action to join Amnesty International as an activist.
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