Contactless Technology

QR code experiences on the guest's own phone: photo walls, treasure hunts, arcade games and Web AR. Nothing to download and nothing to touch.

QR code experiences on the guest's own phone

With contactless technology, visitors take part using their own phone. They scan a QR code and the experience opens in the browser, with nothing to download, nothing to touch and no queue for a shared screen.

Because everything runs on the web, hundreds of guests can join in at the same time, and the same activation can work at one venue, across several locations at once, or for guests who join from somewhere else. We design and build these web apps in Dubai, with the screens, the content and the branding made for your event.

QR photo wall

Guests become part of a picture that grows on the big screen. It works in three steps:

Scan. Guests scan a QR code with their phone.
Snap. They take a selfie or upload a photo.
See. The photo appears in full size on the screen, then moves to the spot of the code they scanned and replaces it.

For the Department of Health in Abu Dhabi, the wall ran on an LED screen ten metres wide for the UAE National Day. The photos of guests and employees came together as one large mural, which was later shared on social media.

Interactive QR Photo Wall - Department of Health, Abu Dhabi

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QR treasure hunt for team building

Teams follow a trail of QR codes, solve a task at each one and collect points on a live leaderboard. For Novo Nordisk in Riyadh and Jeddah, 450 employees played five missions over five weeks for a product launch. The missions included finding codes hidden in the offices, selfies, a timed puzzle and a slogan contest.

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The phone as a remote control

Interactive & Contactless Media Station

Visitors use their phone as the remote control for a screen in a store or at an event, and browse the content on the big screen from where they stand.

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Phone-controlled arcade games

Multiplayer arcade games controlled with visitors' phones

Classic arcade games on the big screen, played by several visitors at once, each using their own phone as the controller. A leaderboard keeps people coming back.

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Web AR from a QR code

Augmented reality that opens from a QR code, with no app to install. Netflix used it for a popcorn box that comes to life in cinemas across Saudi Arabia, Nissan for an AR art gallery in Jeddah, and Gallery Eden for animated artworks in The Dubai Mall.

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A QR code as the way in

A code can also start a booking or a registration. For the opening of the first Jordan store in Dubai, more than 700 drones drew a QR code in the night sky above the Dubai Frame. It led to our appointment booking platform for the opening week.

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Where contactless works well

Large audiences: staff events, national day celebrations and gala evenings, where everyone takes part at once.
Team building and incentives: treasure hunts work across an office, a hotel or a whole city.
Retail and public spaces: screens stay interactive without anyone touching them.
Campaigns in several places: one web application serves every location, with nothing to ship but the codes.

Frequently asked questions

Do guests need to download an app?

No. Guests scan a QR code with their phone's camera and the experience opens in the browser.

How many guests can take part at the same time?

Everyone uses their own phone, so nobody queues for a shared screen. For Novo Nordisk, 450 employees played a QR treasure hunt over five weeks, with a live leaderboard.

Can one activation run in several places?

Yes. Because it is a web application, the same activation can run at one venue, in several offices or cities at once, or for people who join from elsewhere. Novo Nordisk's treasure hunt ran in Riyadh and Jeddah.

What can a QR code activation be?

A photo wall that grows on a big screen, a treasure hunt for team building, arcade games played with phones as controllers, a media station controlled from the phone, or augmented reality that opens from the code.

How early should we get in touch?

That depends on the project. For many formats we do not start from scratch. We build on a proven framework and adapt it to your design and content, which saves time. A completely new development needs longer for design, development and testing. Contact us as early as you can, and we will tell you what is realistic for your date.