The Hidden Message
Heineken



In gigs, the most visible thing isn’t the artist - but a sea of smartphones.
Now, I haven’t been to gigs in the 1900s, but they sure sound more fun.

Heineken’s Hidden Message is the first billboard invisible to the eye - but visible by phone cameras.





Using infrared light (the same as the ones inside your TV remote at home), the system created an invisible-to-the-eye display, visible only when viewed through the phone’s camera - directly through your regular camera app, without needing to download external apps or webapps in a first-of-its-kind REAL agumented reality experiment.

A panel equipped by several custom made infrared illuminators displayed a message urging concertgoers to get off their phones and onto a good time.





***If you’ve reached this point of the description and haven’t understood anything of the tech, I promise it was cool and the producers wanted to kill us which is always a good sign.***








Not in the edit but in my portfolio at least.
Grazie Mauro grazie Vitto for your sleepless mezcal nights <3



Recognition:
Cannes Lions Bronze in Outdoor
Campaign Ad Of The Day
Little Black Book Work Of The Week
PR Week Top Brand Campaigns 2024

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