AR Photos vs NFC Cards

NFC cards and AR photos both unlock digital content from something physical. The difference is how. And what that means for photo albums.

NFC cards

An NFC chip stores or points to a link. You tap your phone to trigger it. Great for business cards and simple gifts. Less natural when your product is a multi-page photo book.

AR photos in an album

Each interactive page can have its own video. You scan the image you care about, the wedding portrait, the travel shot, instead of hunting for a chip. The print remains a normal photo page with no hardware embedded in the paper.

For keepsakes, image-based AR wins

Albums are about many moments, not one tap target. Glimp lets you attach videos across pages in a hardcover album or photobook, then scan each memory when you want to relive it.