JC Decaux creates a face-reading billboard for Yoplait’s latest product launch
JC Decaux, AJF Partnership and Starcom have developed an out-of-home campaign that uses facial recognition technology to determine whether passers-by are happy or ‘hangry’ in order to dispense product vouchers.
The campaign has been created to launch Yoplait’s Yogurt Smoothies. When a person’s face is detected as they are walking by, the screen will prompt them to come closer and ‘Smile or frown for a free smoothie’.
The panel is located on Sydney’s George Street, with the vouchers attached to a nearby partner store.
I look forward to it saying,
‘You look full. You don’t need to eat anything!’
How long did the activation go for? I had a look and it’s not actually there now nor was it there yesterday.
Smile or Frown? Polar opposites are an odd choice of a trigger. Smells like they were working around the facial recognition algorithm being substandard.
So fucking creepy