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Toyota's Immersive Theater Experience, Starring Milla Jovovich (Video)


A new effort to launch the Toyota C-HR features an immersive, interactive  theater experience that secretly films participants and their reactions.

The idea: to drive home the notion of finding the perfect flow.

According to Creativity, the idea behind "The Night That Flows" is meant to highlight the C-HR's "design pillars' - sound, design, and driving dynamics.

We just think it's cool.


'The Call' - Send Personalized Videos About The Dangers of Driving High (Video)


This is an excellent new personalized video campaign from Drug Free Kids Canada.

Parents can send personalized videos warning against driving while high to their kids. Just as the onscreen character is receiving text messages from their parents wondering where they are, kids receive similar texts from their parents.

It's a great conversation starter, and it joins a long list of brands using it for highly personalized video messages (see The On-Demand Brand for more). But here, it's put into service for a very good cause. Kudos to all involved.

Read more about "The Call That Comes After," here.

 


Headset Removal: Google Research Gives You Your Face Back in VR

Hungering for a little face time while in virtual reality?

Here are some fun, but currently impractical, ways to let others see what you're experiencing in virtual reality—and even see your face.

Think green screen and 3D scans. You won't bother to try this at home, folks. But someday...

Read more, here.

 


Meet AI-Powered, Voice-Interactive Barbie (Video)

 

She's 58-years-old, and she's already been a police officer, an astronaut, and the President of the United States, too.

But now, Barbie's a voice-interactive hologram. So that's fun.

From the looks of it, her mannerisms seem oddly modeled off of the sisters in "Frozen." She's also imprisoned in a box, so you just sort of look at her. She can change nationality with the snap of her fingers, though. So that's cool.

Still, all that voice interaction may come with some privacy concerns, however. But relax: Wired reports that the system uses 256-bit encryption and follows FTA guidelines.

So you can get back to talking to her as she prances around ... inside a box.

Maybe that's why Ken's nowhere to be found.


'Field Trip to Mars' Features Goggle-Free, VR-Enabled School Bus (Video)

 


After winning a Cannes Lion last summer, word's out that Lockheed Martin's 'Field Trip to Mars' is up for Creativity's A-List Awards. Well worth taking for a spin.


Hear The Love? This TV Spot Reveals if You Need a Hearing Aid (Video)

 


"Does Love Last Forever" is a hearing test disguised as a TV commercial. Will it top the brilliant UHAC "Hidden Hearing Test" spot from 2013? Let us know your thoughts—and the results of your test.