With rising demands and increased competition, retailers can capture the attention of digitally saturated consumers through enhanced, experiential shopping, to attract them to both physical and virtual stores. Whether online, mobile or in store, this omnichannel experience has to be consistent, seamless and intuitive.
By 2025, the global augmented and virtual reality market is predicted to reach $814.7 billion, in no small part due to the rapid commercial adoption. For marketers and retailers, this booming, increasingly accessible technology with numerous applications can be especially attractive.
Overstock.com has enhanced its augmented reality (AR) 3D experience, which the company has expanded from its mobile app to the mobile website. The AR functionality is also available on desktop. Here is how this capability is changing the way Overstock customers shop on mobile for furniture.
The market embraces augmented reality (AR) content, and there’s no reason retail should miss this opportunity to evolve. Here is how to ensure that the challenges of creating augmented reality content doesn’t hold you back.
Why are retailers embracing AR? Put quite simply, the modern state of retail is all about customer convenience, and AR is revolutionizing that. See how some of today’s major brands are using AR and how it has enhanced the customer experience.
Build.com, an online-only home improvement retailer, launched a new augmented reality (AR) in-app experience,”In-Home Preview,” leveraging Apple’s new ARKit development platform. Here are some of the features of the new experience and how it will change the shopper’s experience.
Target is throwing its hat into the augmented reality ring with its launch of a “See It in Your Space” feature on its mobile website. Find out how the company is changing the way people shop for furniture.
Virtual reality is making its way into ecommerce, but the question remains whether it is a “nice to have” or a “need to have” for consumer engagement? Read how several merchants are embracing virtual reality as a way to engage with consumers.