Coca-Cola’s latest “Happiness Project” has landed at a mall in Seoul South Korea. This time it comes in the form of a giant interactive vending machine powered by a Microsoft Kinect. The premise is simple, follow the moves shown on screen and the better you do, the more free drinks you get. Like all games there are different levels of skill from easy to hard with the hardest giving away the most free drinks. If you watch the video, you can see just how successful this was with kids at the mall. Not only did the machine attract a crowd, but many of the kids stayed for an extended period of time watching others dance and compete. In addition to the physical presence of the vending machine, Coke added a social hook to it by allowing people that participated to upload photos to Facebook and Twitter as well.
My favorite part of this… If you are going to give away calorie packed sugar filled drinks. Make people exercise for them.