I won the idea generation competition at Hej Världen event by my “Virtual Sales Representatives” project. The topic of the event was “Virtual Reality” and its effects to our daily life and future. I think the virtual reality is something that we try to understand all together and make some assumptions. When ever i talk about Second Life or any other virtual worlds, i can not create very innovative ideas. I guess, it is because we don not know a lot about the topic yet. You can find the project proposal here and i hope, i will have a chance to work in a project about virtual worlds
Virtual Sales Representatives
I like traveling and shopping. Every time when I go to a shopping centre, I have to face with a sales representative who is trying to sell as much as possible to me. If you are in another country and trying to buy something, from an eager sales person, without knowing the language then everything is even harder.
Imagine that you are in China, Zimbabwe, Turkey or in Singapore and go in to a shop, then there is a three dimensional sales representatives, in fact a hologram, who can speak your own language. Then everything would be so easy and fun. You just select the language, gender, physical appearance of a sales representatives and he/she will help you during your shopping experience.
Unlike usual photo, the holographic image can reproduce exactly three-dimensional copy of the original object. Such image has amazing realness and often looks like the real object. A hologram can create everything your eyes see – size, shape, texture and relative position. However, if you try to touch a holographic image, all you will find is focused light.
All in all, holographic sales representatives, can be next generation of sales and marketing. I am sure it will be a win/win/win situation and will add so much value to the shopping experience wherever you go.
For Photos of the event: http://flickr.com/groups/hejvarlden08/pool/
For videos of the event: http://alpha.bambuser.com/channel/socialclub
cool idea man,
go for it