HexaAR

AR & Immersive

The Storybook World of Simone Rocha x H&M
Challenge
Translate Simone Rocha x H&M into an AR pop-up book that kept the craft of the collection visible on mobile.
Idea
A WebAR storybook built around layered scenes, gentle interaction, and fashion-detail reveals.
Role
Senior FE Developer
Tech
  • 8th Wall
  • WebAR
  • 3D scenes
  • Mobile optimization
Result
Launched as a mobile AR pop-up book experience for the H&M collaboration.
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We used our technical expertise to help Gainsbury and Whiting create an immersive anchored tabletop AR mobile experience to launch the designer collection collaboration between H&M and Simone Rocha.

We elevated a physical lookbook by using augmented reality to bring the pages to life and showcase the new clothing range.

Working with our friends at Dimension Studio, we used volumetric capture to create incredibly lifelike 3D holograms of a cast of talented actors, musicians, models and creatives, including Helena Bonham Carter and Barry Keoghan. Each painted scene in the physical book has its own theme and unique AR marker. When scanned with a phone, the AR characters spring out of the book’s pages, dancing, posing and making music all while wearing Rocha’s limited-edition new H&M collection.

Challenge

The collaboration had to preserve Simone Rocha’s craft while making the AR interaction feel light and accessible.

Idea

Use the pop-up book metaphor to reveal fashion details through layered scenes rather than a conventional product gallery.

Execution

Built WebAR story scenes, interaction prompts, and mobile performance passes around delicate visual pacing.

Result

A mobile AR pop-up book that extended the H&M collaboration with a tactile storybook feel.

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Role
Senior FE Developer
Start
07 Apr 2020
Launch
15 Jul 2020

Project context

The lookbook used 8th Wall and volumetric capture created with Dimension Studio. Markers on painted pages revealed performers as AR figures, with photo and video capture supporting sharing.

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Studio
UNIT9
Archive release
2021-03-09

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