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The tentpole Netflix series Stranger Things is one of the most popular, most talked about, and most referenced shows on TV. When Season 4 launched in Spring of 2022, there were over 250 million hours streamed in its opening days alone – topping one billion hours watched by the season’s finale! The show is wildly successful and our creative team was thrilled to design augmented reality group chat experiences as part of both Netflix’s Stranger Things Day celebration and the Season 4 premiere! (Did we mention we’re huge fans?!)
Working closely with Netflix’ Global Creative Marketing team, we recreated a number of the show’s signature environments for users to immerse themselves in when chatting with friends, each rich with animated and interactive elements to explore and easter eggs to discover throughout… both in the Real World and, with the rotation of their phone, the Upside Down.
From Hawkins Lab and Los Angeles, to the Creel House and Russian tundra, each caller who joins the Stranger Things 4 group chat effect will find themselves immersed in one of the show’s primary set locations reminiscent of a movie poster coming to life. Roiling storm clouds, lightning flashes, windblown trees, malfunctioning lights, swirling demobats and debris, even the mind flayer are all part of the interactive video chat experience… and be sure to keep watch for an easter egg surprise triggered by facial expressions!
For Stranger Things fans around the globe, November 6th is a special day – it marks the day Will Byers disappeared into the Upside Down on the very first episode of the wildly popular Netflix series. The event that set off everything is commemorated annually as Stranger Things Day and, for its third occurrence, our team created an immersive 360º view of Hawkins, Indiana as an interactive mobile experience.
The Enter Hawkins kinetic effect for Instagram launched on Stranger Things Day 2021. Our talented development team tapped into the mobile device gyroscope to design an exclusive interactivity that transports the viewer across dimensions. Try it and discover there are two sides to every story…
For the premiere of WandaVision in 2021, we created a 360º environment of Wanda & Vision’s iconic suburban living room glitching through the decades.
We partnered with Oblio to create some super fun social media filters for the release of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem. Channel your inner ninja turtle and play with your very own turtle tot! Available on Instagram, TikTok, and Snapchat.
In Summer of 2022, A24 Films debuted Marcel the Shell with Shoes On, a one-of-a-kind, witty, and endearing story about a little character created by director Dean Fleischer-Camp and actress/comedian Jenny Slate (who also lends Marcel’s distinctly lovable voice). As long-time fans of the Marcel stop motion shorts (watched by over 50 million people on YouTube), we jumped at the opportunity to bring Marcel to you through an augmented reality group chat experience.
The Marcel shorts and feature film take the form of mockumentaries, and it’s the dialogue between Fleischer-Camp and Marcel, along with his adventurous encounters in the human world, that make you laugh-out-loud and, at times, tear-up.
Marcel may be small but his wisdom and tenacity outsize his physique at every turn. Taking our clue from the memorable kitchen scene in the film, our team collaborated with A24 to recreate Marcel’s “Honey Walk” – a happenstance moment of opportunity that occurs when a jar of honey falls off a shelf and shatters on the ground, the sticky substance allowing Marcel to scale walls and reach new heights
Now you can experience Marcel honey-walking across your phone’s screen, available on both Messenger and Instagram. The little one-eyed Shell with a great big heart is sure to bring a sweet smile to your face!
We partnered with Meta and TinyTAN to create a unique chat experience on Facebook Messenger and Instagram for the BTS Army inspired by the environments in Magic Door.