Live AR and installations

The space becomes
the experience.

AR mirrors, AI mirrors, projection mapping, body-tracked installations, and immersive environments for brand events, retail, and experiential campaigns. Physical presence, digital layer. Built to run on the day without drama.

✓ AR mirrors and AI mirrors: face-tracked, body-tracked, built to run at events all day
✓ Projection mapping for retail, events, and brand moments
✓ Live installations that run without a technician on-site babysitting
✓ Social AR and WebAR that extends the in-person experience online
6+
Live builds
20+
Brand clients
0
On-site tech failures

Most live builds were delivered for agency partners under NDA. Details on request.

Brief a live activation

Tell us the event and the experience. Replies within 48 hours.

Prefer email? contact@rbkavin.studio

✓ Brief received
Here is what happens next.
  • 01Within 48 hours you get a reply with a first read on the build, timeline, and a cost estimate.
  • 02One short call if it would be useful. No obligation if the brief is clear enough in writing.
  • 03If a live installation is not the right format, we say so and tell you what would work better.
✦ AR and AI mirror builds ✦ Projection mapping ✦ 6+ years live event builds ✦ 0 on-site tech failures
Capabilities

What we build
for live events.

Physical builds that run themselves. The audience does the rest.

01.
AR mirrors

Camera-based face and body tracking overlaid on a large display. Brand moments, seasonal campaigns, retail activations. The audience walks up, sees themselves transformed, and reaches for their phone. The audience becomes the creative.

Face tracking Body tracking Brand campaigns Retail
02.
AI mirrors

Generative AI layer on top of the mirror: real-time AI face transforms, AI costume, AI environment, branded AI output to keep. Powered by Flora AI and Snap AI. The experience produces something unique to each person standing in front of it.

Generative AI Flora AI Snap AI AI transforms
03.
Projection mapping

Architectural projection for events, retail, and product launches. Static surfaces become dynamic brand canvases. Walls, products, facades. The content is designed for the surface, not adapted to fit it.

Architectural Retail Product launch Events
04.
Interactive installations

Body-tracked, gesture-driven, or voice-activated brand experiences. Built for dwell time, not just a look. The interaction has to be obvious enough that someone figures it out in three seconds and wants to stay for ten minutes.

Gesture control Voice activated Dwell experience Experiential
The difference

What makes a live
build actually work.

The builds that land at events are the ones nobody has to explain. The audience walks up, sees someone else doing it, wants to do it too. Simple mechanic, strong visual, zero friction. We design for the moment someone pulls out their phone to film it. That moment does not happen by accident.
✓ Designed for the moment someone films it and shares it
✓ Tested before the event, not at the event
✓ Runs without on-site technical support after handover
✓ Social AR companion lens lets the moment travel beyond the venue
From the case studies
Spatial Mapper on Snap Spectacles, tracing where a real projector's light lands to map a projection surface
Spatial Mapper. Projection mapping designed inside the space itself.
Projection mapping · Snap Spectacles · Community Challenge winner 2026

Spatial
Mapper.

AR-native projection mapping for Snap Spectacles. Trace where a real projector's light lands with your hands, then design directly in that space instead of calibrating on a laptop screen.

Most of our live builds were delivered for agency partners under NDA, so they are not shown here. Spatial Mapper is the projection work we can show. Details on the rest are available on request.

Projection mapping Snap Spectacles Hand tracking R&D
Investment

What a live
installation costs.

No mystery pricing. Scope is driven by build complexity and the number of event days. These are the real starting points.

AR mirror build
Starting from$5,000

A standalone AR or AI mirror for one event: branded, tested, and delivered ready to run. Face or body tracking, brand-accurate creative, event-day documentation included.

  • ✓ Single AR or AI mirror, event-ready
  • ✓ Brand assets and tracking logic built in
  • ✓ Tested before the event, not at it
  • ✓ Handover documentation for the event team
Scope this build
Most commissioned
Full installation
Starting from$12,000

Multi-element build with AR or AI mirror, environment design, projection elements, and day-of support documentation. Designed as a complete branded space, not individual components.

  • ✓ Multi-element installation designed as one experience
  • ✓ AR mirror, AI mirror, or projection, or all three
  • ✓ Environment design and branded space direction
  • ✓ Social AR companion lens for online reach
  • ✓ Full day-of handover and support documentation
Scope this build
Permanent / retail installation
Starting from$25,000

Built to run every day in a retail or permanent venue. Remote monitoring, content update capability, and hardware chosen for continuous use. Not just a single event push.

  • ✓ Hardware specified for continuous daily use
  • ✓ Remote monitoring and content update pipeline
  • ✓ Seasonal and campaign content update support
  • ✓ Built to run without on-site technical support
Brief this build

Event date locked in under 4 weeks? Focused builds have been delivered in less time when the brief is tight and the assets are ready. Tell us the date when you send the brief and we will tell you straight away what is feasible.

From the insights

What we know about
live installations that land.

All articles →
Guide
AR mirrors in retail: what works and what does not

How brands are using face-tracked and body-tracked AR mirrors in retail environments, what drives dwell time, and the design decisions that turn a mirror activation into a share moment.

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Strategy
AI mirrors for brand activations: the generative layer that travels

How AI mirrors differ from AR mirrors, what generative AI adds to the live event experience, and why the output that audiences take away extends the activation long after the event ends.

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Guide
Immersive installations for brands: from brief to live

What separates a live installation that runs itself from one that needs a technician standing next to it. Covers brief writing, hardware choices, testing, and what handover actually involves.

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Common questions

What people ask us
about live installations.

An AR mirror is a live augmented reality experience where a camera feeds into a large display, and AR effects are overlaid on the person standing in front of it in real time. The audience sees themselves transformed on screen: branded costumes, animated overlays, generative effects, seasonal themes. It works at brand events, retail activations, and experiential campaigns because it is immediate, visual, and social. People want to film it. RBKAVIN. Immersive Studio designs and builds AR mirrors that run all day at events without requiring a technician on-site to manage them.
An AR mirror uses camera-based face or body tracking to apply real-time augmented reality effects: costumes, props, branded overlays, animations. An AI mirror adds a generative AI layer on top: the mirror can transform what it sees into a different visual style, generate a unique image of the person, apply AI-driven face and environment transforms, or produce a branded AI output for the user to keep. AI mirrors powered by Flora AI and Snap AI add a creative output that people take away from the experience, which extends the reach beyond the event itself.
A standalone AR mirror or focused live installation takes 3 to 5 weeks from confirmed brief to event-ready hardware. A full multi-element installation with projection mapping, environment design, and AR components takes 5 to 8 weeks. Permanent or retail installations built to run every day take 8 to 12 weeks. The timeline starts from brief confirmation. If an event date is immovable, share it when you send the brief and we will tell you what is feasible in the window available.
Yes, and it is one of the most effective combinations. A live installation brings people to the experience at the event. A companion social AR lens or WebAR experience lets them share a version of that moment on Snap, TikTok, or their camera roll after leaving. The in-person moment generates the initial engagement; the social layer lets it travel. RBKAVIN. Immersive Studio designs both sides of this: the live build and the social or WebAR layer that extends it online.
Every build is designed and tested so it does not need a technician standing next to it during the event. The experience runs without intervention, the hardware is chosen for reliability under continuous use, and handover documentation tells the event team what to check and how to restart if needed. Remote monitoring is available on permanent and retail installations. On-site support is available for large-format or high-stakes events, and we travel to the venue, worldwide. The default goal is a build that runs itself.
Ready to build

Tell us the event.
We handle the rest.

One brief, one honest reply within 48 hours: what is feasible, how long it takes, and what it costs. If a live installation is the wrong format for the budget or brief, we say so.

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