Paxar rolls out new prototype RFID mirror

Paxar has announced that it has formed a new working initiative with thebigspace, a leading voice in Experience Design, to market and roll out magicmirror, a new interactive RFID mirror to the UK retail market.

The collaboration allows customers to interact with rich content, explore product premiums and re-enforce purchasing decisions. Paxar will offer magicmirror to its customer base, thus adding to its already extensive provision within the emerging world of RFID.

magicmirror combines a specially designed half mirror and digital technology to display information on a mirror surface. Integrating RFID technology and sensors that respond to people’s presence; magicmirror allows customers to interact with personalized content.

When a customer brings an RFID tagged piece of clothing in front of the magicmirror, it magically displays content which could include an in depth description of the garment, size and color availability, mix-and-match style guides, and suggested accessories. If installed in the fitting room, customers can also contact a salesperson by simply touching the magicmirror without the trouble of getting changed and leaving the fitting room.

magicmirror provides retailers with a means to reach customers on an emotional level and positively influence purchase decisions at the moment of choice. Customers are becoming more discerning about the products and services they buy at retail outlets. Retailers and brands are addressing this shift with new product propositions: limited edition designs, ethical trade and special raw materials are as important as the product itself. The ‘intangible’ proportion of a product is justifying an ever-larger part of the product price. 

In most retail environments there is very little opportunity to communicate the story behind the product and augment customer service to an audience already used to highly innovative and personal means of product discovery. Satisfying this need and providing an emotional experience that transcends rational argument was the working initiative for magicmirror.

Max Tatford, marketing manager at Paxar commented: ‘Paxar is a member of EPCglobal, the agency managing the emerging standards for RFID and a pioneer in RFID applications for the Retail market. We have, and remain to be, at the forefront of this highly specialist arena. We see mileage in a product as dynamic as magicmirror and look forward to extending our offering in this sector.’