Introduction

Throughout the pandemic, Augmented Reality (AR) has given customers a new ray of hope in one too many ways. From fashion to eyewear and makeup, the industries that have been reveling in the advantages and benefits of this immersive technology are endless. But there’s one industry that has, against all odds, forged a unified bridge between the real-world environment and the virtual one.

Indeed, the furniture and home décor sector has followed suit and has integrated AR into its very core, making it increasingly popular among customers – all of whom have been looking for ways to minimize human contact and, more importantly, avoid making costly mistakes when buying furniture online. But what’s really AR and how is it used as a form of experiential shopping?

AR: The What and the How

When speaking about spatial AR, the technology is used to create realistic simulations of furniture and home décor items, to immerse customers in a real-life experience and help them make an informed decision before making a purchase. So how does it work? It allows customers to see how a piece of furniture would actually look in their home, all the while giving them the chance to experiment with various design ideas. 

By allowing consumers to scan their space and virtually place their desired items within it, these immersive technologies have forever changed the way individuals consume products, thus giving potential buyers a truly unique experience and enticing them to come back for more.

Post-Pandemic Rise

Until 2020, attempts to use AR were limited at best, as retailers and brands were weighing the costs against potential gains. Post-covid, everything changed. The pandemic prompted a rapid shift to the digital world, as lockdowns, travel restrictions, and social distancing drew the line on the way we interact with each other. And so, responding to this complex matter, AR rose to fame, particularly during the pandemic, but stood the test of time almost two years later. Questions such as “How will I know if this furniture fits into my space?” and “Why bother shopping outside the comfort of my own home?” were most prevalent and, much to our content, still are.

Another brand to effectively convert part of its e-commerce to VTO is L’Oréal Paris, using its built-in Beauty Genius virtual makeover tool to allow consumers to try on hair colors and makeup before purchasing them.

So, What Does it Bring to the Table?

Let’s just say that the increasing interest in AR has influenced our business interactions in this post-Covid world. But let’s also mention the fact that this immersive technology empowers online shoppers to place and visualize products in their own surroundings…through the magic of technology. The key takeaways here are that AR removes online buying hesitations and boosts purchase decisions by helping shoppers accurately scale their preferences. In numbers, this means that 71% of consumers would shop more often if they used AR, 40% would pay more for a product that they could customize in AR and 1 billion people are using AR to shop now compared to only 100 million in 2020. And it’s just the beginning….

What does the future of furniture and home décor look like?

As we slowly go back to life as we know it, the myth of AR “losing its hold” on the way we shop and consume products, has revealed itself to be wrong. The message is clear, the world has changed to the point of no return, and AR is, without a doubt, going to become an integrated component of the buying experience. Indeed, this technology has become much more accessible, with better capabilities and even greater results. And the verdict is in: brands that want to create a sustainable and long-lasting relationship with their consumers need to move to AR…sooner, better than later.
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Introduction

It goes without saying that some products are very challenging to purchase online, especially without proper knowledge of the brand, correct size/fit, or color. After all, how would you know if an eyeshadow shade would look good without trying it on?

But if there’s one thing we know for sure, it’s that the pandemic radically changed the way we consume products. Companies and retailers have been looking for innovative ways to sell their goods – understandably so – and the market has been responding to this growing need with spectacular solutions. With that in mind, Virtual Try-On has taken the reins in elevating many sectors, particularly the eyewear and makeup industries. How have they progressed and how does VTO play a major role in their growth?

Post-Pandemic Situation

After the pandemic hit, not only did our purchasing habits change but so did the way we perceive the world. Things that were once so normal seemed so “unsanitary”, and activities that we used to do so effortlessly, seemed like such a hassle. For instance, remember going to a shopping center and trying out products or buying makeup? Well, even after Covid-19, it all still seems unsanitary, and, in the case of makeup trials, testing out a little sample on the back of your hand is just not as accurate and satisfying as really trying it on your face. The same goes for eyewear, and when you resort to online shopping, making an informed purchasing decision isn’t as evident and effective without actually trying them on.

That’s where VTO comes in…with the latest AI technology, companies and brands are now able to provide an ultra-realistic virtual experience that can vastly influence shopping patterns and decisions, just like a live experience would. Call it what you may, but this technology offers a sense of relief to brands that were once facing a few bumps in the road when selling their products online.

VTO’s increasing popularity has proven that it isn’t just a mere post-pandemic trend, it’s a full-fledged immersive experience that increases buyer confidence and builds long-term loyalty to brands and businesses.

So, What’s Happening Now?

The current state of the eyewear and cosmetics industries has witnessed a myriad of innovations and changes, allowing customers to revel in a state-of-the-art experience. In fact, studies show that 61% of buyers prefer retailers with AR experiences, and brands offering VTO see an average of 64% fewer returns.

VTO and AI tech companies and startups have partnered with fashion giants to satisfy consumers’ growing needs, and it’s been quite the success story. Take Chanel, for instance, the French luxury brand has surpassed its classic ways, rode the tech wave, and adopted VTO for its makeup section. The highly-accurate try-on experience translates the shade, texture, and intensity of the chosen product onto their customers’ faces, providing them with the confidence needed to buy make-up online, hence increasing conversion rates and reducing return rates.

Another brand to effectively convert part of its e-commerce to VTO is L’Oréal Paris, using its built-in Beauty Genius virtual makeover tool to allow consumers to try on hair colors and makeup before purchasing them.

VTO as a Game-Changer for Eyewear and Makeup?

Yes. There’s no going back to the way the retail world once was. E-commerce is now at the forefront of a brand’s strategy and adopting VTO and AR means staying one step ahead of the game. The benefits of doing so are countless, but perhaps the most important ones are related to the satisfaction of consumers. AI technology enhances the clients’ purchasing experience and increases buyer confidence, thus making customers three times more likely to buy the products. Simply put, it’s a certifiably successful way to improve marketing and sales for companies.

What’s Next?

It’s now easier than ever to buy and sell online, given all the advancements in technology. More and more businesses have created and launched their e-commerce platforms during and after the Covid-19 pandemic, resulting in a huge surge in online stores. Fast forward to today, the industry is expected to grow by almost $11 trillion by 2025 and global e-commerce sales are expected to reach $6 trillion in 2024.

We’ve been witnessing for the past two years a global trend towards digitization that is far from being over. But with the growing number of online businesses, it’s now harder than ever to stand out. One way for companies to arm themselves with a competitive advantage is to counter-attack this mind-blowing growth with the implementation of AI technologies such as AR and VTO. Consumers’ needs are ever-evolving and one should always think out of the box to stay on top of the game.

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Introduction

The retail industry has been going through massive changes, with companies turning towards emerging technologies like augmented reality (AR) and virtual try-on (VTO) to maintain competitiveness and enhance customers’ experiences. One industry that has been very welcoming of AR and VTO is eyewear. Now, more than ever, eyewear brands and retailers are integrating these cutting-edge technologies into their eCommerce platforms to create an immersive experience, thereby increasing buyer confidence and boosting conversion rates.

What is VTO?

Virtual Try-On enables customers to digitally try products, utilizing any device equipped with a camera, such as a mobile device, tablet, and laptop. VTO enables buyers to virtually try on eyewear as they would in-store. So how does it work?

Picture this: you’re sifting through a website and you’re eyeing some models. And yes, shopping can be quite challenging when buying eyewear, especially online. Enter VTO: customers can try on their preferred models as part of a live online experience, using an accurate 3D model that gives them the confidence to evaluate their true size and fit with real-environment lights. The shopping experience is heightened with a high-quality 3D rendition of the models, instant switch between 3D and AR, and more importantly, the possibility of immediate colour and style variations enhanced by a personalized AI recommendation engine.

How can it benefit your business?

Let’s talk numbers. Implementing VTO can help you achieve more than a 58% increase in eCommerce conversions, decrease return rates by up to 50% and increase revenues per visit by more than 47%. Long story short, giving customers a live virtual try-on experience with a myriad of flexible possibilities will, without a doubt, increase buyer confidence, making them three times more likely to buy your products.

Today, most digital devices support augmented reality making virtual try-on solutions more accessible and popular among end-users with 71% of consumers saying they would shop more often if they use AR, and 61% saying they prefer retailers with AR experiences.

As a rich source of data and a paramount tool for enhancing clients’ purchasing experience, this technology is proving to be essential in radically progressing and enhancing marketing and sales for companies. 

How to choose the right AR and VTO partner?

Quality, Quality, Quality

The ideal partner will use the latest technologies to turn 2D catalogues into high-quality 3D models that accurately display the correct size and fit of eyewear items with high attention to detail, so much so that you might call them ‘True Digital Twins’. Once embedded in any e-commerce platform, these digitized, ready-to-use 3D and AR product visualizations will allow online shoppers to virtually try on any pair of glasses using their device’s camera, and hence enjoy an immersive shopping experience, wherever they are.

Immersive User Experience with Personalized Camera-Based Recommendations

It’s not only about giving online shoppers the possibility to picture the products on themselves, but it’s about delivering a high-quality live try-on experience – lest we forget, without the hassle of using a credit card. The VTO solution should instantly identify users’ faces, providing them with size-fitting glasses based on their automatically detected eye pupillary distance (PD). Furthermore, the chosen solution should offer the flexibility of seamlessly switching between products and testing different color variations. And finally, to add the cherry on top, the best solution will provide style and size suggestions powered by an AI recommendation engine, enabling companies to increase their profits through upselling and cross-selling strategies.

Easy Integration and Fully Customizable Solution

The quality is great and the experience is seamless, but what about the integration? The chosen solution provider should provide a quick and easy integration across all eCommerce platforms. 

Furthermore, the solution should be fully customizable depending on company needs and requirements. Having the ability to add various features, customize the UI/X of the solution is just as important as anything else. 

It is no question that companies spend ample resources creating their own brand identity and the chosen VTO solution should complement these efforts by enabling them to build their own tailor-made experience.

Content Management Platform

For further credibility and accurate results, the solution provider should give companies and retailers the freedom to use and surf their digitized catalogues on an online platform. Having access to a content management platform will allow companies to leverage an umbrella of data, and view their fully digitized 3D catalogue.

To top it all off, companies should have access to an easy-to-use portal that educates them on the most recent analytics and enables them to track the main KPIs they set to attain their ultimate sales goal and assess the benefits of the solution.

Conclusion

Despite the rising popularity of eyewear eCommerce, brick-and-mortar businesses retain their fundamental advantage: the ability for shoppers to try on their products before purchasing them. 

Augmented reality and virtual try-on are two new technologies that are set to change the retail and eCommerce industry. The work that is being done here is pretty transformational. Designhubz is using a customer-centric approach to fully enhance the users’ experience, allowing customers to immerse themselves in an innovative solution. At the end of the day, it’s not just about building a solution, it’s about fully transforming the way users and companies see the retail world by placing AR and VTO at the heart of it. 

Keeping up with the latest tech updates is one thing, but making sure they are well-exploited and addressing online shoppers’ concerns is one step closer to success.

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Introduction

The marketing industry is constantly changing and adapting to new trends and technologies. Even though there has been a decline in advertising spending, marketers are still investing heavily in creating engaging content that captures the attention of their audience. Having new marketing strategies and tactics arise by the day, marketers need to keep coming up with new ways to advertise their products so people will buy them. And, with billions of dollars being spent on advertising annually, marketers are constantly looking for fresh ways to capture the attention of potential customers. That’s why AR and big data are two marketing trends that businesses should look out for to achieve ultimate success in the future.

What is Augmented Reality?

Augmented reality (AR) is the process of layering computer-generated images over real-world visuals. It is similar to virtual reality, but it allows people to stay in their own environment without having to wear special equipment. This technology is often used in marketing campaigns because it allows advertisers to create a more engaging and immersive experience for consumers.

Why Augmented Reality is Good for Marketing

Augmented Reality provides a plethora of options for a diverse range of businesses in a variety of sectors. In fact, the advantages of augmented reality in marketing are limitless, especially for innovative brands that employ this cutting-edge technology to attract and engage their consumers. These solutions may be used to quickly demonstrate to clients how to utilize a given product or service without requiring them to read lengthy instruction manuals. Because it is now feasible to experience AR with nearly any web browser, consumers do not need to purchase pricey equipment and can simply enjoy the trip with their smartphone’s camera. Augmented reality systems are simple to use, easily accessible, and promote user-brand interaction. It also provides the consumer with a sensation of ownership of an item before the purchase is completed via a try-before-you-buy option.

What is Big Data?

Big data may be classified as either unstructured or structured. Structured data is information that an organization has already controlled in databases and spreadsheets; it is typically numerical in nature. Unstructured data is uncontrolled information that does not fit into a pre-set model or format. It contains information obtained from social media sources to assist businesses in gathering information on client demands. Big data may be taken via publicly published comments on social networks and websites, as well as from voluntarily collected personal devices and applications, questionnaires, product transactions, and electronic check-ins. The inclusion of sensors and other inputs in smart devices enables data to be collected across a wide range of settings and conditions. This type of data is typically kept in computer systems and processed using software created particularly to handle huge, complicated data sets. Many software-as-a-service (SaaS) firms specialize in handling complicated data.

Why Big Data is Good for Marketing

Marketers are always collecting data, but big data is different. Big data starts when companies begin compiling massive amounts of data and then use it to identify trends and patterns in the market and their customers. It is now representing a significant growth in volume, velocity, variety, and veracity as compared to traditional data management systems. It will continue to grow as marketers use new technologies like sensors, Internet of Things devices, and artificial intelligence to collect it. Big data can also help marketers understand their customer’s shopping behavior and buying preferences and then use it to create highly targeted and personalized marketing campaigns.

How to Use Big Data for Marketing?

As mentioned, marketers can use big data to create targeted content campaigns and personalized ads. This type of marketing focuses on one thing: getting the right product to the right customer at the right time. Big data can also be used to track customer behavior and measure the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. For example, advertisers can use sensors and trackers embedded in products to collect information about people who purchase them. Through it, they can also build more personalized and relevant experiences for people who use digital channels like social media and online stores.

Conclusion

Augmented reality and big data are two trends that will continue to grow in the marketing industry. The fast and ever-evolving information gathered educating marketers about customers’ shopping behaviors and buying preferences will allow marketers to precisely tailor and bring their ads to life. This will happen by adding augmented reality effects that create immersive experiences; thus, boosting profits and revenues, as well as gaining trust and credibility. 

What is Augmented Reality?

Augmented reality (AR) is a technology that allows us to superimpose digital material like images, sounds, or messages on top of a real-world environment. As the name implies, augmented reality seeks to supplement reality with digitally created components. It does not, unlike virtual reality, supplant reality. Instead, it combines the virtual with the real to produce a display environment based on reality. One of the fundamental aims of augmented reality is to emphasize certain characteristics of the actual environment, improve comprehension of those characteristics, and extract meaningful and accessible information that can be used in real-life applications. Big data may help organizations make better decisions and get insight into the purchase habits of their clients, among other things.

What is Virtual Reality?

The use of computer modeling and simulation to enable a human to engage with an artificial three-dimensional (3D) visual or other sensory world is known as virtual reality. VR applications immerse the user in a computer-generated world that resembles reality via interactive devices that send and receive data and are worn as goggles, headsets, gloves, or body suits. In a standard VR format, a user wears a stereoscopic screen helmet and displays animated pictures of a virtual world.

Who are Influencers?

Influencer marketing is a channel-independent approach of having someone else, usually a person with a strong social presence, convey a brand’s message. It is the formalization of informal communication into a logical procedure. Through extension, an influencer is any person who is used in this method of marketing by proxy. 

There are different types of influencers with the two most common being aspirational influencers and authoritative influencers:

–       Aspirational influencers are comparable to celebrities in that the items and services they advocate are purchased as a replacement for embracing their general celebrity lifestyle. They typically have a huge number of followers across several channels, with a diverse population represented.

–       Authoritative influencers are often niche leaders with substantial followers in their respective industries and topics.

AR, VR, and Influencer Marketing

AR and VR influencer marketing already exists to some level. Branded filters are available on platforms such as Snapchat and TikTok, and marketers may pay influencers to use these filters in their posts. This is a valuable type of Snapchat or TikTok influencer marketing, but the VR and AR influencer marketing sector have a lot of space for development.

Branded content is already a growing trend in the VR realm with Nike and Balenciaga for instance providing consumers with purchase options for their virtual avatars. Influencer marketing will have an impact anywhere there is virtual commerce. That said, VR is highly gamified, and with the growth of video game followers and streaming, talented VR gamers will quickly become huge influencers. They’ll be able to hold virtual events and wear virtual stuff among other activities as well.

What is Augmented Reality?

Augmented reality (AR) is a digitally augmented representation of a real-world physical area created by the use of digital visual components, audio, or other sensory inputs made available by technology. It has now been an increasing trend among businesses in a variety of industries. This technology’s market size has grown at an exponential rate in recent years, as it is increasingly being used by enterprises. From $6.12 billion in 2021 to $97.76 billion in 2028, the sector is predicted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 48.6%.

Augmented Reality and Social Media Platforms

As customers now seek more customised, integrated experiences, new technologies such as augmented reality have become essential and are playing a significant role in making them happen.

For instance, Snapchat has shown a strong interest in investing in augmented reality (AR). It may even be argued that it is the most AR-driven platform available, constantly reimagining what AR experiences on mobile and beyond might be. The company is also introducing augmented-reality glasses, spectacles, that will allow some content creators to place digital works in the real world. In this example, augmented reality is a combination of computer visuals, such as 3D models, layered over the real environment. These emerging spectacles are an extension of the already-established Snapchat lens concept that allows designers to reflect their works onto the environment around them.

Benefits of Augmented Reality Integration in Social Media

The reality is that there are several methods to use AR to boost social media marketing and develop a brand.

Face filters are popular among younger social media users. This AR technology is available on social media allowing users to morph their faces into animals or add items such as flower crowns or glasses to their photographs. However, such filters are not only for entertainment purposes, but businesses can also advertise their products and/or services by using branded filters.

Additionally, a static picture or a typical video can only hold people’s attention for so long. Augmented reality, on the other hand, offers consumers a genuinely immersive experience that may keep them interested for a longer time. For example, instead of designing a billboard or a regular social media ad to promote a company, AR can be used to bring it to life. Businesses may use this technology as a vital component of their social media marketing strategy as social media platforms develop their AR features. 

Future of Augmented Reality on Social Media

With Facebook and Snapchat concentrating heavily on AR, this automation and social media are set to explode on the market soon. How marketers employ AR coupled with social media to engage customers on smartphones and mobile devices will revolutionise the brand-customer relationship. Therefore, all brands must hop on this rapidly evolving trend to keep up with the competition.

Augmented Reality

Augmented reality (AR) is a technologically enhanced version of the physical world that is achieved via the use of digital visuals, audio, or other sensory stimuli. One of the primary goals of augmented reality, amid the rise of data collection and analysis, is to highlight particular aspects of the real world, increase their understanding, and generate smart and accessible information that can be applied to the physical realm. This big data can help companies make better decisions and get to know the consumers’ spending habits, among other things.

In this article, we provide 5 examples of how major brands are utilizing augmented reality in their shopping experience. 

Brands Using Augmented Reality

Sephora

Sephora is one of the businesses that has successfully integrated AR technology into its ecosystem. This “Virtual Artist” app allows users to obtain a virtual makeover, star in lessons, and quickly share hobbies with others. The program scans candidates’ faces, analyzes their eyes, lips, and cheeks for product placement, and allows them to virtually experiment on cosmetics. The software also offers virtual step-by-step instructions tailored to each face, matches cosmetic colors to an outfit, and compares hundreds of color swatches in real-time. 

ASOS

ASOS has always been innovative when it comes to mobile apps, having already integrated visual search into its incredibly user-friendly mobile interface. By 2019, ASOS had completely embraced augmented reality, unveiling an experimental augmented reality feature called Virtual Catwalk, which was aimed to enable app users to envision a hundred items.

As a result of the epidemic, ASOS expanded its “See My Fit” technology, which used augmented reality to digitally fit garments clothes, and accessories onto models.

This technology also allowed the brand to improve the consumer experience by showing customers how things genuinely look in different sizes and on different body shapes. 

Samsung

Joining forces with us at Designhubz, we created for Samsung a try-before-you-buy technology that enables shoppers to easily place their refrigerators and washing machines in the desired space, with the exact size and fit. This web-based augmented automation works in any web browser and on any device, iOS or Android. Not only that, but we also focused on improving the interactivity of the AR experience by allowing users to virtually open fridge doors, see them on the inside, and select the option that best meets their needs. Therefore, users are being provided with the ability to make the most convenient and practical decisions during online purchases.

IKEA

Ikea’s design studio, Space10, has revised the company’s augmented reality product to make it more useful and immersive. Previously, users could arrange virtual furniture in a space using the IKEA Place app. The all-new IKEA Studio software, which now uses LiDAR sensors in iPhones, allows users to record and re-design whole 3D room designs, including everything from windows and door frames to wall colors and carpets. However, IKEA Studio is not yet linked to the official website, resulting in a rather isolated user experience. This version of the app was created in part to prepare for the advent of Apple Glass, which might enable a more immersive and realistic AR experience.

Gucci

Gucci was among the first luxury brands to assist customers in making more educated purchasing selections by adding an augmented reality feature to its app that allowed users to virtually try on sneakers. This is a very practical application of augmented reality in retail; by providing customers with a visual representation of how a product will appear in real life, the technology was able to reduce returns and increase customer satisfaction. Gucci has also launched a pair of virtual sneakers that can only be worn and shared on online platforms such as the Metaverse. This is one of the earliest examples of ‘digital fashion,’ a notion that some anticipate may soon take off, based on the surge in popularity of both virtual influencers and AR filters on social media.

Converse

Another shoe brand that has been making the most out of AR is Converse which has found a way to both enrich the customer experience and drive e-commerce sales at the same time. The Converse Shoe Sampler app allows the user to simply point a phone or tablet at their feet from wherever they feel comfortable and instantly see how different models and colors of shoes might look on their feet. What makes Shoe Sampler so unique is that it integrates seamlessly with Converse’s e-commerce platform, allowing consumers to go from shopping to purchasing instantaneously.

Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality is a technology that combines two distinct elements: the physical realm and the virtual. It provides users with immersive experiences by upgrading the real world with multisensory experiences. The technology actively affects customer experience by allowing people to encounter 3D places and things in real-time.

Augmented reality, without any doubt, provides several options for businesses to provide the greatest consumer experience. The motivation for AR applications in retail stems from the appearance of new digital shoppers, technological advancement, a greater emphasis on sustainability, and the contemporary information era.

Augmented Reality and Customer Experience

Try-before-you-buy opportunities

Even when e-commerce sales are surging, purchasers retain some doubt. Before AR, the normal urge to try on items before buying them to determine if they fit well was unsatisfied. With augmented reality, buyers now may visualize the item at any time and from any location. They will have a more positive impression of whatever they decide to purchase. For instance, including AR in a beauty brand’s strategy allows customers to enjoy a virtual makeover. Through the power of AR, shoppers can try out outfits in virtual fitting rooms, which is a handier option than physically trying them.

Providing self-service support

AR creates the opportunity to enable clients to avoid dealing with customer service representatives entirely. After a purchase, several brands use augmented reality to provide self-service assistance. Customers may use an AR app to point their phone at a product and obtain an in-depth self-service overlay. This interface provides customers with resources such as FAQ sites and manuals. They can discover solutions to their pain points, saving them time and freeing up more of the business team’s resources. Companies would have fewer customer questions and improved customer satisfaction as customers may fix issues on their own.

Service agents coaching

Human connection is an important aspect of customer service. When exploring items, making a purchase, or filing a complaint, many customers prefer to communicate with a live person. As a result, the training businesses provide their service representatives is important. However, having merely superficial knowledge of product lines is not enough. Staff can only get that level of understanding through hands-on experience. AR apps may provide that experience without requiring a staff person to physically handle each item. They may simulate a real product, allowing corporations to coach and train their employees in a shorter amount of time.

AR user manuals

Following any purchase, customers would be grateful to have businesses assist them in using and maintaining the items bought. Providing this additional support helps to promote brand loyalty and increases the likelihood of repeat purchases. Users manuals were technique brands adopted to promote such assistance. However, with the introduction of augmented reality, businesses can now do much more. Whenever faced with an issue, customers can point their phone at the item they are looking to know more about, and the AR manual will offer them the information they need and explain how they can accomplish their goal.

Interactive packaging

Customers can benefit from the enhanced visual experience of a product’s packaging by using augmented reality. They may see eye-catching visuals by just pointing their phone’s camera at a product’s box. Not only that, but they also have the opportunity to interact more with the products and have a more valuable buying experience when they examine 3D images; they can see product features that they would not have seen if they had not interacted with the product packaging via AR. For example, interactive packaging can convey essential and practical information to users and provide them with some fun facts about the items in the subject.

What is Augmented Reality

Augmented Reality is a digitally augmented portrayal of a real-world physical location created through the use of digital visual components, audio, or other sensory stimulation delivered by technology. It has been an increasing trend among businesses with many use cases that can be mentioned in various fields.

One of the key aims of augmented reality, in the midst of the rise of data gathering and analysis, is to emphasize certain properties of the real world, improve comprehension of those qualities, and extract smart and accessible information that can be used in real-life applications. Big data may help companies make better decisions and get insight into the purchase habits of their clients, among other things.

The Augmented Reality industry has grown at an exponential rate in recent years, as it is increasingly being used by enterprises. From $6.12 billion in 2021 to $97.76 billion in 2028, the sector is predicted to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 48.6 percent.

Privacy Risks of Augmented Reality

Any new technology introduces the possibility of data loss, theft, or misuse. Therefore, marketers must address the security concerns associated with augmented reality early on in order to avoid such threatening and critical situations.

Altering

As mentioned previously, augmented reality allows a set of models to overlay with the real-world environment through a smart device. Although it has been around for a long time, the more popular this technology grows, the more challenges it creates, and one of them is privacy-related. Using this automation in a particular surrounding can send countless messages to marketers. For instance, AR glasses may provide a visual temperature meter for frying pans. They can detect when a person runs low on certain kitchen utensils and would promote new ones to them. They may make users feel like they are in a movie theater while they are actually viewing a movie on a regular TV. Owners may change their appearance by erasing facial flaws or appearing slimmer to other AR glasses users with an attempt of washing away their insecurities.

Blackmailing

Some believe that eye tracking in augmented reality will be a game changer. This is because it enhances accuracy and the user experience, and facilitates dynamic concentration or comprehending the emotions of the players, so that developers can create experiences. Others believe that eye tracking in will boost security in these systems since it may be utilized as a biometric identification, allowing users to safely log in using this way.

However, gaze tracking can threaten users’ privacy since it can read individuals’ subconscious and the way they perceive things by having advertisers analyze their interpretation of a certain content. 

Fake Identities

Advances in AR technology, such as machine learning and face recognition, have resulted in changes to people’s looks and voices. This is commonly known as deepfake technology. Deepfake footage may now be easily identified. However, tracking sensors will eventually lead to the construction of more convincing fake identities. Hackers might be able to simply employ motion tracking devices to generate movement and use it against regular users; therefore, blackmail them and create irreversible damages. The ability to generate fake identities might sound intriguing and enticing from a technological standpoint. However, this is hardly cause for celebration in terms of cybersecurity. Without sufficient security measures, one’s identity may fall into the wrong hands.