June 2015

AR&Co awarded for the Best AR Campaign at AWE 2015, Silicon Valley (USA)

AR&Co has been awarded the Best Campaign at the Augmented World Expo’s 6th AnnualAuggie Awards 2015 – Silicon Valley, USA.

Santa Clara, June 9, 2015 – The Auggie Awards promotes and celebrates excellence in augmented reality across various platforms and categories worldwide. With over 100 nominations across nine categories including best smart glasses, best AR app and best enterprise solution, the competition is an initiative by the producers of Augmented World Expo (AWE) – the world’s largest gathering of professionals focused on Augmented and Virtual Reality, Wearable Tech, and the Internet of Things. This year’s judging panel included leaders in the AR, wearable and tech space such as Intel, Qualcomm, Epson, IEEE, THRED and Rackspace. During the award ceremony, AR&Co’s Next for Nigeria mobile app was announced as the Winner for the Best Campaign category due to its proven effectiveness to connect to the voters during the campaign in Nigeria.

“We’ve seen a tremendous amount of activity in the augmented reality space this year with a ton of new product announcements and acquisitions and we are glad to highlight some of the front runners in both AR hardware and software by honouring them with an AuggieAward,” explains Ori Inbar, CEO and co-founder of AugmentedRealty.org. “This year’s winners are all making waves in the AR space and it is important to take the time to mark their success.”