Holograms and digital signage: the duo that turns looks into sales

Brands compete for a fraction of a second of attention. In this battle, holograms and digital signage are going from “gadgets” to serious business levers: they increase advertising recall, generate qualified traffic and improve in-store and event conversion.

At Inprofit we see it every day: when you combine stunning 3D content with intelligent screen orchestration, the touchpoint is transformed into experience. Here’s how to activate it in a practical way by integrating neuromarketing, POS marketing, gamification and AI.

What do holograms really bring to visual marketing?

Today’s holograms are not science fiction. We’re talking about volumetric displays (3D LED fans), modernized ghost peppers, transparent screens and projections that “pull” the product out of the plane. The effect? A very high “stop rate”: people slow down, point their cell phones and share.

• In shop windows, they turn the product into a living protagonist without occupying the shelves.
• In retail tech or trade shows, they allow a complex product to be “disassembled” into floating layers.
• In brand activations, they multiply organic shareability without asking for it.

When you integrate them with digital signage, the hologram ceases to be a single element and becomes a node in a larger visual choreography.

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Intelligent digital signage: from billboard to decision making system

Digital signage is no longer “programming a video playlist”. It is contextual and data-drivenIt is contextual and data-driven: it adapts messages by band, affluence, climate, inventory or anonymized audience profile. In addition, it coordinates content on different surfaces (LED, LCD, interactive totems and holograms) to build sequential narratives along the customer journey.

How are they combined at the point of sale (POS)?

1. Attraction: the hologram captures the gaze from the corridor.
2. Depth: at two meters, a close-up display enhances benefits and comparisons.
3. Decision: on the shelf, a contextual display shows price, active promo and how-to.
4. Closing: a gamified call to action (scan & win) encourages conversion or subscription.

This hologram and digital signage architecture generates continuity: from the wow to I want, without jumps.

Applied Neuromarketing

Neuromarketing is not about helmets with in-store EEG. It’s about designing stimuli that work with known cognitive biases.

• Selective attention: depth contrast (“floating” object vs. flat environment) wins that first mental frame.
• Priming and anchoring: open with a unique benefit on the hologram and reinforce it on the adjacent screen with social proof.
• Multi-sensory congruence: aligns color, rhythm and brief sound. A 2-3 second stinger anchors the memory.

What metrics to look at?

• Dwell time (time of attention in front of the device).
• Interactions (touches, scans, game or survey participation).
• Uplift in sales of the SKU or category exposed versus control.

If you do not yet measure dwell time in your facilities, we help you to implement it with privacy-first sensors and clear dashboards.

Gamification + holograms: from “wow” to “I want”.

Gamification turns curiosity into action. With holograms and digital signage you can:

• Launch quick challenges (discover a 3D artifact, vote on a design, unlock a coupon).
• Integrate local leaderboards on screen to create micro-competition.
• Use the cell phone as a remote control via QR, without apps or friction.

Recommended playloop (60-90 seconds):
Visual Hook (hologram) → Simple challenge (screen) → Immediate reward (coupon/XP) → Invitation to share (UGC with branded frame).

AI: the brain of the visual ecosystem

The artificial intelligence turns the circuit into a learning system:

• Dynamic creative selection: choose in real time which piece to display based on traffic, shopping patterns or weather.
• Continuous optimization: tests copy/angle/3D rhythm variations and converges to the ones that convert the most.
• Anonymized audience measurement: computer vision to estimate attention by distance range and not personal data.
• Liaison with inventory: if there are few units left, prioritize urgent or cross-sell messages.

All this with a privacy-first approach (edge computing, anonymization) and RGPD compliance in Europe. At Inprofit we design the technical architecture so that legal and marketing go hand in hand from the beginning.

Use cases that already work

Specialty retail (beauty, tech, gourmet).
Hologram in window display showing textures or 3D disassemblies; inside, digital signage with short tutorials and bundles. Result: more qualified traffic and higher average ticket per cross-sell.

Automotive and industry.
Explain to your visitor how an ADAS or a floating-layer engine works; close with a display comparing finishes and financing.

Tourism and trade shows.
Presents destinations with holographic scenes (fauna, heritage) and screens that capture leads with a gamified quiz. Delivers automated follow-up by email.

Real estate and showrooms.
Volumetries of buildings that change by typology, plus signage with availability and prices updated in real time.

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Ready to turn looks into results?

The combination of holograms and digital signage allows you to design memorable tours that measure and sell. Add neuromarketing to structure the stimulus, gamification and AI to optimize, you go from “how beautiful” to “how profitable”.

Let’s talk about your case. At Inprofit we design, produce and operate end-to-end visual experiences for retail, B2B and events.

Book a consultancy and we will propose a pilot ready to go within weeks.