For the Telekom Design Gallery in Bonn we created a new interactive narrative scenario “Future Retail”. The scenario spans multiple rooms and consists of many digital touchpoints to demonstrate and discuss future retail scenarios in various industries. We created a system for flexible multi-device storytelling and engaging participants with surprising, fresh, and futuristic functional possibilities. Formerly separated stages of the shopping process are integrated to form a seamless experience.
Enabling change
Interactive story-building in a digital world
For successfull business transformation it is important to discuss valid future scenarios with responsible stakeholders.
Our scenario guides the visitor through a visionary walkthrough of the narrative “Future Retail”. We integrated customization options for each paticular demo case to be able to adapt the narrative with names, logos, colors and online web-services for specific stakeholders and industries.
For didactical reasons it was important to us to create a strong interplay between visitors and guides. Therefore our system integrates numerous stage props, nearly all of which are digitally connected and can be used for interactive storytelling by all participants. The demo scenario can be controlled via various physical touchpoints in the room, multiple smartphone apps and body movement.
The innovation lab includes smartphones, smartwatches, transparent shop-windows, dynamic interior lighting, a sales-counter with product-personalization, and an interactive POS with wall-mounted digital displays, tracked products, and 3D customer tracking. In addition it allows for easy integration of separately developed web-based demo cases and video-based demo systems.
Our system is based on full web-stack technology and dedicated real-time graphic systems communicating via a MQTT-controlled backend for customization, content management, and logic events.
Customization is quick and allows automated smart systems to respond appropriately and intelligently to the individual actions and desires of customers.
Future retail
Creating future now
The retail scenario includes a wide range of use cases, starting at home in the living room, following a ROPO model (“Research online, purchase offline”) using various apps, smart devices, configurators, payment types, and analytics applications. We created a multi-channel shopping and Everywhere Commerce scenario which integrates Telekom cloud services.
The window dynamically reacts to individual customers walking through the streets with personalized media content. The product desired by the customer is reveiled, once the customers interacts with the screen by shaking the smartphone.
The transparent screen was developed in cooperation with Samsung.
Data is transferred from the cloud account of the customer and their hand is visualized in 3D wearing the pre-configured ring.
Different materials can be applied to the virtual product by placing samples on the table.
In-Store Analytics
We visualized various in-store analytics scenarios for store operators by using a rich point-cloud animation which integrates data from various 3D depth cameras and NFC sensors.
The time spent by visitors watching, touching, or otherwise engaging with a product is measured and can be visualized with numeric data and special visual effects.
Insights into Telekom Design Gallery, Bonn
Curious about our approach? Feel free to get in touch!
Sebastian Oschatz Partner +49 69 24 000 321 sebastian.oschatz@meso.design sebastian.oschatz@meso.design +49 69 24 000 321
MESO Digital Interiors GmbH
Gutleutstr. 96 . 60329 Frankfurt . Germany
Team
Johannes Scherg, Marcel Wiessler, Nils Weger, Alessia Corsini, Martin Schuster, Mathias Wollin, Friedrich Söllner, Sebastian Quader, Ben Schiek, Benjamin Baum, Nina Dauer, Markus Seeger, Anna Rack