Layar Launches End-to-End Augmented Reality Creative Service
Dedicated team will help brands plan, create and execute AR and Interactive Print campaigns.
AMSTERDAM, NEW YORK, TORONTO – May 21st, 2014 – Layar, the world’s leading provider of Augmented Reality (AR) and Interactive Print products and services, today launched the Layar Creative Studio. This new team within Layar will work in conjunction with the existing Layar Partner Network to aid brands, advertisers, publishers and agencies in planning, creating and executing AR and Interactive Print solutions to best achieve their marketing and advertising objectives.
Responding to a Changing Market
As Layar has grown over the years, so too have the requests from customers seeking help in getting the most out of Augmented Reality and Layar’s products. Today’s launch is a response to this increasing demand, consolidating the company’s many successful existing services into a single, end-to-end offering. Based on customer feedback and insights, the Layar Creative Studio will provide full coverage from concepting and strategizing to designing, producing, executing and evaluating campaigns, as well as professional consulting and training.
Full Service and Experienced Leadership
The Layar Creative Studio will help businesses create marketing and advertising solutions based in Augmented Reality. Layar’s team of expert strategists, marketers, developers, designers and project managers will work with clients to achieve the best possible AR experience and results based on their needs and objectives. From magazine or newspaper content, to print or outdoor advertisements, promotions, packaging or any other marketing and advertising venture – the Layar Creative Studio represents a comprehensive service offering.
As the world’s leading mobile AR platform, Layar has tremendous experience with achieving the best possible results from its versatile portfolio of products and solutions. The company has seen hundreds of thousands of campaigns published on its platform, helping it to develop a deep, fact-based understanding of what does and does not work with AR. The insights gained from this experience will be translated into the expert knowledge and assistance provided by the Layar Creative Studio.
“From our best-in-class self-service tools to our comprehensive services, Layar is a champion of Augmented Reality on all fronts. The launch of the Layar Creative Studio represents how deeply invested we are in helping our customers succeed when using our products. We believe this will also result in an improved AR and Interactive Print experience for the consumer.”
– Quintin Schevernels, CEO of Layar
The Layar Creative Studio will complement the existing self-service Layar Creator product, and will work closely with the Layar Partner Network – comprised of 29 companies in 17 countries – to provide local expertise and service to clients. The Amsterdam-based team is lead by Layar’s Director of Creative Services Arjen de Vries, who previously worked in marketing, communications and advertising with several companies, including digital and creative agencies and leading publishers. Layar plans to expand the team to its other offices in the U.S. and Canada soon.
More information about the Layar Creative Studio can be found at layar.com/studio or by contacting the Layar sales team.
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About Layar
Layar is bridging the gap between print and digital as the world’s leading provider of Augmented Reality (AR) and Interactive Print products, services and expertise. AR allows for an enhanced view of the real world, connecting people with more meaningful digital content in their everyday lives. Using the camera and sensors in a smartphone or tablet, AR can add extra layers of content – videos, photos, sounds – directly on top of items in the world around us.
With Layar’s Interactive Print technology, publishers, advertisers and brands can instantly activate and engage with their audience by adding extra digital content to magazines, billboards, packaging and more. The Layar App for iOS, Android, BlackBerry and Google Glass has been downloaded over 38 million times, and over 90,000 professionals are actively using the self-service Layar Creator to build and launch interactive campaigns. With the Layar Creative Studio, brands, publishers and agencies can receive full, end-to-end campaign service from concept to execution, as well as professional consulting and training.
Publishers including Hearst, Hubert Burda, Gruner + Jahr, Conde Nast, and Meredith, as well as brands like Jaguar, Reebok, Kraft, BMW, Heineken, Nissan and Pepsi are already taking advantage of Layar’s technology to bring interactivity to their products and increase customer activation and engagement.
Layar was founded in 2009 and has offices in Amsterdam, New York and Toronto. The company’s shareholders include Intel Capital, Sunstone Capital and Prime Ventures.
