Create a Magoo

What is Magoo?

Hide a video in an image.

P1 · Videohero-loop.mp41920 × 1080 px · 16:9 · 5–7 s · muted loop · max 4 MBhero-poster.jpg1920 × 1080 px (first frame)Physical card/photo → camera → the video appears

Scan it. Watch it come alive.

Turn a photo, card, gift, T-shirt or everyday object into something people can scan and discover.

No app required.

Create a Magoo See how it works

How does Magoo work?

  1. 1

    Choose an image

    Upload the image you want Magoo to recognize.

    Magoo screen for uploading the image you want to bring to life
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  2. 2

    Add your video

    Record it, upload it, or add a YouTube video.

    Magoo screen for recording, uploading or adding a YouTube video
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  3. 3

    Share your Magoo

    Publish it and let people discover it by scanning the image, QR code or shared link.

    Magoo screen for publishing and sharing a Magoo with a QR code and link
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That's it. Scan the image and watch your video come alive.

Don't just take our word for it. Try one.

Point your phone at this image.

Demo image: scan it with Magoo to watch its hidden video
P1 · Scannable imagetry-a-magoo.jpg1600 × 1600 px · 1:1The exact image used by a real, published Magoo. Sharp, no overlays.
  1. 1Scan the QR code to open Magoo.
  2. 2Point your camera at the image.
QR code that opens the Magoo demo
P1try-a-magoo-qr.png600 × 600 px · 1:1QR of the demo Magoo

or

Already on your phone?

Open this Magoo

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What can you Magoo?

Greeting card that plays a video when scanned with Magoo
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Cards

Add video memories and messages to birthday cards, Mother's Day cards, anniversaries, holidays and other special moments.

Printed photo that plays a video when scanned with Magoo
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Photos

Connect the video behind a moment to the photograph that captured it.

Gift that plays a hidden video message when scanned with Magoo
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Gifts

Hide a personal video message inside a gift and turn the object itself into part of the surprise.

T-shirt design that plays a video when scanned with Magoo
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Clothing

Turn printed designs into interactive experiences connected to video and digital content.

Event invitation that plays a video when scanned with Magoo
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Events

Bring invitations, save-the-dates, photographs, keepsakes and event materials to life.

Product packaging that plays a video when scanned with Magoo
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Products

Connect product packaging, printed materials, displays and promotional pieces with digital experiences.

If there's an image, there's an opportunity to create a Magoo.

One image. Many stories.

One image can have multiple Magoos. Different people can connect their own videos, memories and perspectives to the same image.

One image. Multiple people. Multiple Magoos.

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One image connected to three people, each with their own Magoo video
P1 · Graphicone-image-many-stories.png1600 × 1200 px · 4:31 image in the center → 3 people → 3 different Magoos/videos
3 FREE

Your first 3 Magoos are on us.

Create them. Try them. Share them.

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Questions?

How it works, privacy, QR codes and the technology behind Magoo.

Visit our FAQ
Everyday objects that each hold a hidden video story
P2 · Photo or videofinal-cta.jpg2400 × 1200 px · 2:1Collection of physical objects carrying hidden digital stories

The physical world has stories.

Magoo lets them come alive.

A photograph can remember more than one moment.

A card can carry more than words.

A T-shirt can tell a story.

A gift can hide a message.

What will you hide in yours?

Create your first Magoo