Posts Tagged ‘DEMO’

Zugara - Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

Our New Ecommerce Product Configures In 1 Day & Has Markerless Augmented Reality

Zugara is proud to announce the launch of “Plug & Play”, the newest version of our Augmented Reality Ecommerce Software, “The Webcam Social Shopper” (WSS). WSS Plug & Play is a product that integrates right into retailer’s ecommerce product pages (seamlessly, just like a “zooming” feature does) and provides shoppers with a more engaging, personal and emotionally satisfying way to determine whether an apparel item’s style and color are truly right for them.

Today’s launch of  WSS Plug & Play ushers in several key advances to our existing product, including:

  • ONE DAY CONFIGURATION – Configuration can be done  in as little as a few hours and without any backend integration.
  • MARKERLESS TECHNOLOGY – The first truly markerless product of its kind, the apparel item actually tracks to the shopper (a video demonstrating our award winning markerless technology is embedded below).
  • A NEW SHOPPER EXPERIENCE –  Four screenshots detailing the experience are included below.

As “augmented reality” continues to be the hot new buzzword, we’ve seen several companies attempt to compete with our patent pending ecommerce product. The fact is we have several key differentiators that retailers and potential partners should be aware of when doing their due diligence:

Differentiators For Shoppers:

  • It just works with a regular computer and webcam. No need for fancy 3-D cameras or souped up systems that shoppers don’t have.
  • No annoying downloads.
  • No paper markers to print and hassle with.

Simply put, for shoppers, WSS Plug & Play is a barrier-free experience.

Differentiators For Retailers:

  • As noted above, configuration can now be done in under one day, and without any backend integration.
  • Because we eliminated all shopper barriers, retailers who integrate WSS can reach a higher percentage of their shoppers.
  • Technology moves fast, and our constant development cycles ensure retailers will always have access to the most thoroughly tested, and innovative solution on the market.

For more information, please feel free to contact us at info (at) Zugara (dot) com.

To try a live demo of the technology, please click here.

WSS PLUG & PLAY SCREENSHOTS

STEP 1 – An Example Of WSS Integrated Into A Product Page Via A Button (Below The Main Image)

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STEP 2 – After Clicking The Button, WSS Is Launched

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STEP 3 - The Shopper Has The Ability To Alter How The Image Of The Dress Is Positioned

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STEP 4 – The Shopper Can Easily Share Photos With Friends For Validation

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Video of our DEMOgod winning presentation at DEMO Spring 2011. It showcases our new markerless technology

Zugara - Monday, February 28th, 2011

Launching at DEMO: Zugara’s E-Commerce Augmented Reality Software Is Now Truly Markerless

Hey folks, today is a gigantic day for us at Zugara, and we just wanted to share the news with you. We’re currently privileged to be presenting the latest advancement to our Augmented Reality E-Commerce Software, “The Webcam Social Shopper”, at the DEMO conference in Palm Springs. The latest advancement? The technology is now markerless. Truly markerless. We’ve developed a way to get rid of the paper marker and allow an apparel item to track to the shopper’s body. So as the shopper moves around within the webcam’s video feed the apparel item automatically moves with them, creating a “hands free” experience that’s more natural than anything else on the market.

This is a huge advancement in online apparel visualization and validation. As always, our product is built in Flash, so for over 99% of the population there’s no download required. By creating a markerless experience we’ve eliminated the last major consumer barrier: the need to print and hold a marker. So now, a shopper surfing on a retailer’s site (that has integrated our product) only needs to stand in front of their webcam to visualize and validate whether or not that piece of apparel’s style and color are truly right for them.

“This is really not about buzzwords like Augmented Reality, or Social Media,” said Matt Szymczyk, CEO and Co-Founder of Zugara. “This is about using technology to create a better online shopping experience for people, and an easy to integrate solution for our clients and partners. Plain and simple. And there’s real ROI here. Results from a recent survey by Limelight Networks show us that for people who shop online more than once a month, 76% of them say advanced product viewing features make them more likely to purchase, and more brand loyal. With there being more Millennials than Baby Boomers, we think it’s time to create meaningful and engaging online shopping experiences for this digital generation.”

We hope to have a live demo of the technology on our corporate site soon. And when the video of our presentation at DEMO becomes available tomorrow, we’ll certainly post it, as we’d love your feedback. Until then though, we’ll be tweeting from the event (hashtag: #democon) so feel free to give @KobraKai (Matt Szymczyk) and @Jack_Benoff a follow.

Zugara - Monday, February 14th, 2011

We’re Launching At DEMO!

If you’ve been in the tech industry for a while, then I’m sure you know the rich history of DEMO, “the launchpad for emerging technology”. Well, the whole Zugara team is proud to have been chosen to present, and launch, our newest e-commerce technology at this year’s Spring conference. It’s a huge opportunity for us, and we’d love to see you there: The JW Marriott, Palm Desert, CA (2/27 – 3/1).

If you can’t make it though, we’ll be tweeting from the event (hashtag: #democon) so feel free to give @KobraKai and @Jack_Benoff a follow.

Here’s a bit of information on DEMO for those of you who might be unfamiliar: The DEMO experience has helped introduce new products and services that have become well-known brands in both the business and consumer markets including:

• Adobe Acrobat
• Sun’s Java
• Netscape Navigator
• Palm Computing
• WebEx
• TiVo
• E-Trade
• Google’s first venture into mobile search
• GarageBand.com
• Leapfrog
• Shopping.com
• Skype’s first implementation for mobile handsets
• salesforce.com
• Shazam Entertainment
• And many more…

Zugara - Tuesday, September 29th, 2009

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