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Public
safety
One of the many concerns for
organisers is how safe their
attendees are. Training staff
in public safety practices is
something the industry does
very well. However, putting
staff into real-life scenarios
and to train them in dealing
with extreme situations is
something that cannot be
replicated in the training
room. Or can it?
Let’s look at Haptics. Haptic
technology is a wearable
item that simulates the
senses of touch and motion.
Haptic technology can be
used to reproduce – through
simulation - the sensations
that would be felt by a user
interacting directly with
physical objects. This is where
training in all sorts of live
situations is going to go in
the 21st Century. We have
already seen VR and AR used
for training. This is the next
level. Combining haptics with
VR and AR to create simulated
public safety scenarios
is something brand new.
Imagine creating a football
riot in virtual reality and then
using a wearable device to
train public safety officials.
Teslasuit is the item that is
going to revolutionise training
in this area. Though VR or AR
we can place trainees in all
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Words: James Morgan, founder,
Event Tech Lab
sort of radical scenarios. The
suit comes into its own by
using galvanic skin sensors
to measure stress in training.
The suit also uses motion
sensors to make analysis of
how individuals react in the
same training scenarios.
Performance can be reviewed
and compared. Lastly, the
haptic feedback trains reflexes.
And, knowing the events
industry, we won’t stop
there in adapting the uses
of the Teslasuit. Creative
adaptation in using the suit
for entertainment purposes
is going to be a new way
of using technology to
engage audiences. Imagine a
Halloween experience where
the user can feel they are being
touched, pushed or thrown
about by a monster they can
see through the VR headset.
The adaptions are boundless.
After all, that’s we what do in
the industry – create!
Teooh
With an interactive,
avatar-based
platform, Teooh
is able to capture
the atmosphere of
in-person events.
Imagine a real-time,
in-person event: half
of the event is devoted
to presentations;
the other half to
networking and
socialising.
teooh.com
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Treasure
The Treasure app
activity platform is
an augmented reality
developed by the
Swedish company
handla.io. When using
Treasure, visitors at
exhibitions, events
and other venues
get a fun gaming
experience where
they solve challenges
in AR.
handla.io/treasure
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Grip Virtual
Networking platform Grip Virtual offers a set
of integrated features turning the AI-powered
matchmaking solution into a virtual event
solution that is available for entirely virtual
events and hybrid events. The platform features
meetings in a virtual meeting room as well
as organisers being able to set up content
delivery sessions via webinar and streaming
technologies www.grip.events
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