CharpstAR Newsroom

Articles, page 8

Ideas, numbers and working demos on 3D and AR for online shops, from the team that builds them.

SEP2023
Augmented reality furniture retail market: checked figures

Furniture and home4 min read

Augmented reality furniture retail market: checked figures

The AR furniture market figures that are published in full, with their sources, and what they mean for a mid-size furniture brand.

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SEP2023
3D models of products on an e-commerce product page

3D for e-commerce8 min read

3D Model for Ecommerce: Benefits, Checks and Costs

Let shoppers turn, zoom and place your products in their room from the product page. What a 3D model replaces, what it costs and how to judge one.

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SEP2023
Augmented reality for accessories, jewellery and watches

Fashion5 min read

Augmented reality for accessories, jewellery and watches

How well a phone tracks ears, wrists and shoulders for accessory try-on, why scale and metal are the hard parts, and when a 3D viewer is the better choice.

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SEP2023
Hotspots on a 3D product model: what to annotate and how to write them

Guides5 min read

How to write product hotspots and 3D annotations

What deserves a hotspot on a 3D product model, how many to use, how to write the label and where to place the marker so shoppers open it.

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SEP2023
Outdoor product visualisation for grills, saunas and sheds

Furniture and home4 min read

Outdoor product visualisation for grills, saunas and sheds

Grills, saunas, sheds and play equipment are bought on footprint and clearance. What a 3D model and AR show in each category, and what still needs page copy.

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SEP2023
Competing with marketplaces as a mid-size furniture shop: where 3D helps

Furniture and home3 min read

Where 3D helps a furniture ecommerce shop differentiate

What 3D and AR change for a furniture retailer competing with a marketplace, and where price, delivery and returns still decide the sale.

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SEP2023
Web AR guide for e-commerce managers on cost and timing

3D for e-commerce6 min read

Web AR guide for e-commerce managers on cost and timing

What web AR is, what your team has to provide, how long a first phase takes, what it costs and how to judge a vendor.

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MAR2023
Ten benefits of 3D and AR for e-commerce, with the evidence

3D for e-commerce5 min read

Ten benefits of 3D and AR for e-commerce, with the evidence

Ten reasons retailers add 3D and AR to product pages, with the source for each figure and a note where nobody has measured it yet.

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MAR2023
3D product visualization in e-commerce: the four formats and when each one pays

3D for e-commerce7 min read

3D Product Visualization for Ecommerce: Four Formats

360 spin, live 3D viewer, configurator or AR: which 3D format suits which products in an online shop, what each does for sales and what it costs.

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MAR2023
Does AR reduce returns? Where the numbers come from

3D for e-commerce5 min read

Does AR reduce returns? Where the numbers come from

The AR returns numbers everyone quotes, where they come from, how they were measured, and what you can reasonably expect in your own category.

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MAR2023
Why fashion brands adopt augmented reality, and what it costs them

Fashion8 min read

Why fashion brands adopt augmented reality, and what it costs them

Why fashion and accessory brands add augmented reality to their shops, the cases behind it, which products suit it and what a first project costs.

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MAR2023
Augmented reality for fashion: the features shoppers use

Fashion4 min read

What shoppers use in augmented reality for fashion

Fashion shoppers use AR for eyewear, watches and bags and rarely come back to full-body try-on. Which features get used and what to build first.

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