DEVELOPING AUGMENTED REALITY APP FOR SMART PACKAGING

Abstract

Augmented Reality technology is increasingly present smart packaging feature. This paper presents the development of the smart packaging application that will provide information on the state of the product in packaging using the Augmented reality technology as a result. In order to control the product state, freshness control labels were printed with stimuli-responsive dyes in the form of specific code. These dyes are conceivable for all environmentally sensitive goods during storage and transport such as food, seeds, pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, electronics etc. These dyes are very useful for controlling the product freshness because they do not require an additional power supply and they can be monitored optically via the smart device camera. Stimuli-responsive dyes can report different environmental influences such as water/moisture, temperature, light, pressure, pH, etc. in a one-bit binary state or in gradually changing optical properties. The aim of the paper is the development of the application that will provide product freshness information based on packaging design (product type) and different environmental influences.