{"id":21688,"date":"2013-07-29T11:15:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-29T10:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/2013\/07\/29\/innovative-toyota-rav4-website-trades-your-mouse-for-a-mountain-bike-r820\/"},"modified":"2023-02-08T12:27:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:27:14","slug":"innovative-toyota-rav4-website-trades-your-mouse-for-a-mountain-bike-r820","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bikehub.co.za\/news\/innovative-toyota-rav4-website-trades-your-mouse-for-a-mountain-bike-r820\/","title":{"rendered":"Innovative Toyota RAV4 website trades your mouse for a mountain bike"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In their own words Toyota&#8217;s new RAV4 &#8220;is built for outdoor adventurers&#8221;. So instead of browsing their website online. At your desk. With a mouse. Why not browse it on a 1.8km track on a mountain bike? If you like bikes and tech I&#8217;m sure you&#8217;ll appreciate this innovative campaign. Take a look&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>The new Toyota RAV4 is built for outdoor adventurers \u2013 the kind of guys who spend their weekends hiking and cycling, and not behind their computer screens surfing the net. But if they\u2019re on the mountain biking trails, how will they explore Toyota\u2019s new RAV4 website? <strong>Unless of course, Toyota takes the website to them.<\/strong> Which is exactly what Toyota did with the help of their award-winning agencies, Hellocomputer and Draftfcb. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"w-full aspect-video\" contenteditable=\"false\">\n<div><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"200\" height=\"113\"  frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0h5RIDciv1U?feature=oembed\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>On a 1,8km cycle track at the Bryanston Cycle Park, they <strong>literally built<\/strong> a real-life RAV4 Outdoor Website, which not only looked like the online version, but behaved like it too. So, cyclists could use their mountain bike as a cursor, and navigate through the unique selling points of the new RAV4 in their environment.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Tech. The Tools. The Tricks.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-2-0-61924100-1375096104.jpg\" data-fileid=\"247898\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"247898\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"1.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-2-0-61924100-1375096104.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As per the online website, the outdoor version was built with the help and technical skills of thingking.  The course was divided into the models, safety, design, interior and book a test drive sections. It also had some other quirky online additions like loading bars, a refresh button (that sprayed water at the cyclists), and a competition. But what made this website so unique, other than the fact it was all built out of natural materials and stood 20ft high along kilometres of dirt track, is that the <strong>innovative tech used actually made it act like a website. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-2-0-84246600-1375096115.jpg\" data-fileid=\"247900\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"247900\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"6.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-2-0-84246600-1375096115.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>For example, as the cyclists moved from one section to the next, they triggered infrared motion sensors that highlighted the section they were in on the browser bar. In each section, cyclists were given a choice of buttons, that when selected, would use pumps, motors and other hacked appliances (even a leaf blower) to load the chosen content. They were also able to Tweet along the way by hitting the wooden Twitter icons. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-2-0-46617100-1375096127.jpg\" data-fileid=\"247901\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"247901\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"9.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-2-0-46617100-1375096127.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At the end of the track, cyclists collected a \u201ctest drive and win\u201d ticket that instantly printed out from a tree stump. They were then able to continue to adventure in a real RAV4 in the car park.<\/p>\n<p>The real-life RAV4 Outdoor Website also went online so that all other weekend warriors could have an adventure of their own. Between 9 and 5, of course.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"ipsAttachLink ipsAttachLink_image\" href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-2-0-73249400-1375096255.jpg\" data-fileid=\"247903\" data-fileext=\"jpg\" rel=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" data-fileid=\"247903\" class=\"ipsImage ipsImage_thumbnailed\" alt=\"8.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.bikehub.co.za\/production\/uploads\/2023\/02\/ccs-2-0-73249400-1375096255.jpg\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cToyota wanted to introduce South Africa to the all-new RAV4 in a bold and dynamic way and the world&#8217;s first-ever outdoor website delivered by Hellocomputer is just that,\u201d Toyota\u2019s Senior Manager of Marketing Communications and Planning, and outdoorsy guy, Pieter Klerck said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In their own words Toyota&#8217;s new RAV4 &#8220;is built for outdoor adventurers&#8221;. So instead of browsing their website online. At your desk. With a mouse. 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