AR Photos
Can Printed Photos Play Videos?
Yes — with AR photo albums. Learn how a printed page can play video when scanned with the Glimp app.
Yes. A printed photo can play a video when it’s part of an AR-enabled product. The paper doesn’t contain a screen — your phone does the playback after it recognizes the printed image.
How Glimp does it
While designing your album or photobook, attach a video to any photo you choose. After printing, scan that page in the Glimp app. The photo “comes alive” and plays the clip you connected — vows, travel footage, a birthday toast, a message from afar.
What it’s great for
- Wedding albums that include ceremony or reception clips
- Travel photobooks with moments you can’t capture in a still
- Gifts that include a personal video message
- Family albums where kids’ voices and laughter matter as much as the picture
If you’ve ever wished a photo could “play,” that’s exactly what Glimp is built for — without turning your keepsake into another screen that needs charging.
Ready to make yours?
Design a Glimp Album or Photobook — attach videos, preview, then print.
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