Electronically connectable packaging systems configured for shipping items

A computing entity comprising:

• a transparent lens;
• a wireless communication component;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions;
• and
• a processing device communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the instructions and thereby perform operations comprising:
• broadcasting an activation signal within a communication range surrounding the computing entity;
• detecting, via the wireless communication component, item information data from an electronically connected item, wherein the activation signal causes the electronically connected item to transmit the item information data in response to the electronically connected item being brought within the communication range;
• identifying, from the item information data, a visually unique aspect of the item;
• capturing image data of the item;
• identifying a location of the visually unique aspect of the item in the image data of the item;
• and
• generating visual indicium of item-specific information for the item on the transparent lens such that the item-specific information appears overlaid onto or proximate to the location of the visually unique aspect.

A computing entity comprising:

• a projector;
• a wireless communication component;
• a non-transitory computer-readable medium storing instructions;
• and
• a processing device communicatively coupled to the non-transitory computer-readable medium, wherein the processing device is configured to execute the instructions and thereby perform operations comprising:
• broadcasting an activation signal within a communication range surrounding the computing entity;
• detecting, via the wireless communication component, item information data from an electronically connected item, wherein the activation signal causes the electronically connected item to transmit the item information data in response to the electronically connected item being brought within the communication range;
• identifying, from the item information data, a visually unique aspect of the item;
• capturing image data of the item;
• identifying a location of the visually unique aspect of the item in the image data of the item;
• and
• projecting, via the projector, visual indicium of item-specific information for the item onto a surface of the item at or approximate to the location of the visually unique aspect.