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.