Volkswagen Scirocco Cup AR Challenge

An ingenious innovative mix

Calling on the expertise of worldwide advertising agency Ogilvy in Beijing, Creative Agency Axis3D and Augmented Reality leader Total Immersion, Volkswagen aimed to build true excitement for its Scirocco series and its first racing event in the Republic of China.

The ingenuity of the project came from the interaction between a paper advertising and an online Augmented Reality experience to reach Scirroco’s main target, young car enthusiasts and trend setters with a love for modern technology and adrenaline-pumping experience. A steering-wheel shape branded insert was placed in one of the most popular China’s car magazine inviting readers to visit the brand sciroccocupchina.com web site.

From there, they were able to choose out of 7 different Scirocco Cup 2010 Augmented Reality tracks and change the color of their vehicle. Once set up, they could take their racing car for a virtual spin just by holding up the wheel in front of the webcam of their computer, their left or right turning of the paper wheel shape dictating the car behavior around the race track on the screen.  

Brand recognition in a true-to-life Augmented Reality Experience

The excitement of such an innovative true-to-life racing experience brought to specialist readers generated a huge buzz and leveraged the fun, active and tech-advanced attributes represented by the brand. This project won the Bronze Media Lions for “Best Use of Print” at the Cannes Lions Festival (France), the world’s global event for creative professionals in the Communications Industry.