INSTANT ASTRONAUT

TitleINSTANT ASTRONAUT
BrandVODAFONE
Product / ServiceSAMSUNG III
CategoryC06. Digital Outdoor
EntrantDRAFTFCB NEW ZEALAND Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
Entrant Company:DRAFTFCB NEW ZEALAND Auckland, NEW ZEALAND
Advertising Agency:DRAFTFCB NEW ZEALAND Auckland, NEW ZEALAND

Credits

Name Position
James Mok Chief Creative Officer
Adam Taylor Copywriter
Anthony Bell Art Director
Fleur Head Account Supervisor
Kevin Akers Producer
Katie Loverich/Rebecca Simpson Account Manager
Katie Loverich/Rebecca Simpson Account Manager
Born Digital Other Credits

Execution

We turned commuters into space cadets with the most advanced bus shelter the country had ever seen. To launch the new Samsung Galaxy SIII handset we created a promotion unlike any other – people who bought the phone had the chance to win a trip to outer space. So we gave people a real space adventure. Using a motion-sensing Microsoft Kinect camera, our developers created customized software that enabled the camera to detetc a person’s face. The face was then projected inside an astronaut suit on the TV. The user essentially became the video game controller – whenever the used moved their hands, arms or legs their astronaut-self did the same on-screen