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FuturistU > Lifestyle > New Leisure Rules > Module 4 / 4

New Leisure Rules Through Experience

Instructor: Courtney Scharf
Travel
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Experience has been a defining aspect of modern entertainment and leisure, leading to big changes in spending priorities, especially among younger demographics.

In this module, Courtney highlights the many ways in which experience has remained a driving
factor in entertertainment, and how both high-intensity and low-intensity experiences have played a crucial role in keeeping
consumers entertained.
Related Trend Report: Travel
Workshop Questions:
1. Is your customer most in search of an exciting or relaxing sense of escape? How could you meet that need in a what that is safe?
2. If you were to create an escape-focused experience or offering, what would make your experience different from what's already out there?
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AR Fitness
Augmented reality apps encourage exploration and fitness simultaneously
Trend - Apps that manipulate and gamify users' surroundings are increasingly focusing on adventure merged with fitness. These augmented reality workout apps give consumers the opportunity to explore surroundings in a way that's both playful and that prioritizes health.
Workshop Question - How is your brand offering experiences that keep consumers committed to their goals?
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Focused Mood-Boosting
Apps that prioritize mental wellness offer more focused functions
Trend - Wellness and mindfulness apps that are designed to boost users' moods are becoming more focused rather than offering several functions and uses. Apps in this space include ones that recommend mood-boosting podcasts to quick daily journaling prompts.
Workshop Question - How could your brand better prioritize its customers' and/or employees' wellbeing?
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AR Package
Brands incorporate augmented reality-based gaming into product packaging
Trend - Augmented reality functions in product packaging typically educate consumers on the product or business, but brands are now becoming more creative with packaging that incorporates AR-based games for customers to enjoy.
Workshop Question - How could your brand create more interactive digital experiences for its customers?
6.9
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Mixed Meditation
Brands curate mixed media meditation experiences for customers
Trend - Whether in-person or done at home, meditation is being enhanced by brands that are using mixed reality to create multisensory--yet still soothing--experiences for customers. These modern forms of meditation are achieved through apps, VR and even online gaming.
Workshop Question - How is your brand blending tradition with contemporary technology?
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Appified Recovery
Brands use the virtual space to help users with post-workout recovery
Trend - Fitness brands are increasingly prioritizing post-workout recovery for consumers as part of their new approach to be more holistic in how they address customer health. Now, they're using apps to aid this process along, with examples including custom muscle-stimulating routines to wearables that suggest recovery days.
Workshop Question - How is your brand prioritizing holistic health approaches for its customers?
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Authentic Dating
Dating apps offer voice and video features to better represent users
Trend - The convenience of dating apps has long come with the downside of not being able to sense chemistry until a meetup is arranged. Some dating apps are aiming to increase the chances of people connecting in-person by offering video and voice features that help users get to know one another better.
Workshop Question - How is your brand prioritizing authentic connections between or among its customers?
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eLearning Entertainment
Consumers are increasingly learning new skills for fun, not employment
Trend - Pre-Pandemic, consumers would seek out eLearning mostly to learn necessary skills or increase employability. In the post-Pandemic world, acquiring new skills has become somewhat of a hobby. Platforms and niche brands alike are offering tutorials and learning formats more akin to entertainment than education.
Workshop Question - What is one area of your business where you could better prioritize consumers, as opposed to monetization?
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Streamlined Date
Dating apps eliminate or streamline communication features for better connections
Trend - As dating apps gain more criticism for issues like facilitating shallow interactions between users, brands are aiming to streamline these apps even further by eliminating certain communication features in favor of ones that aim to foster a deeper connection.
Workshop Question - How is your brand prioritizing meaningful connections for its customers?
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AR Holiday
Brands leverage augmented reality when advertising around the holidays
Trend - Brands are leveraging augmented reality technology to reach consumers at home for the holidays. These initiatives include product testing, demonstrations, and mixed reality portals to interact and engage with consumers.
Workshop Question - How can your brand interact and engage with consumers through technology?
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AR Edu
Branded educational experiences use augmented reality to enhance engagement
Trend - Brands are using augmented reality-powered educational platforms and features that help them better engage with customers. The use of AR in educating customers helps brands enhance the product/service experience for users.
Workshop Question - How could your brand incorporate educational AR to better engage customers?
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Psychedelic Mindfulness
Wellness apps are launching with immersive and visually impactful stimuli
Trend - Over the last few years, wellness apps have become increasingly popular and now, entrepreneurs are revolutionizing the category by offering more immersive experiences for meditation and breathwork. These services embody visually psychedelic effects that are research-backed to encourage individuals to explore their consciousness and relax.
Workshop Question - Conceptualize an immersive mindfulness experience.
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