Citroen have launched a new campaign for the DS4 called “DS4 Seekers” which is basically a huge game of hide and seek with virtual cars in the real world via mobile phones or online via Facebook.
Each day players are given a virtual DS4 to hide on the real streets around them, and for every DS4 found (or hidden), they’ll get an entry into the draw to score a brand new Citroen DS4. But if you can’t get out and about to participate, you can play online via a custom Google Street View mashup.
It’s a neat concept that reminds me of the famous MINI Getaway campaign, but this is both different and unique in its own right, so it will be interesting to see how much traction it gets… The campaign runs until the end of the week, so if you are in London, check it out. Created by OMD UK.
Thanks for sending through Jonathan! So what do you guys think?
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I’ve downloaded and played with this. Bit disappointed as I thought it would entail finding and placing Augmented Reality DS4s using my phone, as the videos tease at. Instead it’s just finding and placing pins on a map.
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Hmmm. Bit of a gimmicky campaign that, without the win a car call to action, would be pointless. I cant see how this will drive test drives or sales?… but maybe thats not the point of it.
What would be cool is if you could place (without the use of a marker) an AR model of the car on your drive and configurate it … peering in through the windows to see the interior etc…
We’ve been toying around with marker-less AR (ground plane detection facilitated) recently, to do just that. Its the future!