Happy Goon Premiers Augmented Reality in Greeting Cards

NEW YORK - Sept. 16, 2015 - PRLog -- Happy Goon is a startup company that allows consumers to customize greeting cards using augmented reality. Augmented reality is the latest in technology that adds virtual content to the real world by adding digital imagery over the world around you. It can be seen through a device that supports the software. By scanning the greeting cards with the Happy Goon app on smartphone devices, users will be able to see the digital images that have been added to the card and personal messages that have been created specifically for them. Users are able to create personal messages through videos and now have a new way to share these messages, making it a modern and personal experience. “To us a goon is that little crazy you let out and share with those closest to you,” says CEO Colin Hughes, “we want our cards to reflect that by coming to life and making people smile.”

Happy Goon greeting cards also function as basic cards without the technology, however they strongly encourage to use the app in order to enjoy the full experience. Soon, Happy Goon will be expanding to offer wedding stationary as well to broaden their target market.

The company will be exhibiting on Wednesday, September 23^rd, at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco, the leading event to promote revolutionary startups, where they hope to gain attention from investors.  The company will be allowing free trials of Happy Goon cards once they launch for the public to fully understand and grasp this concept and hope to gain customer support and feedback. Their website, happygoon.com, will have available greeting cards that may be purchased, as well as videos explaining how to use the app.

Happy Goon was founded in 2015 by Colin Hughes and Tim Mutlow, who have been working on building and expanding the company when they saw the possibilities that augmented reality had to offer.