When doing a site visit it can be difficult to envision how the space will look once it’s set up for a specific event. This is especially true for unique venues where the event space may be one of a kind.
Ground-breaking innovations are around the corner: robot bartenders that receive orders via apps, 3-D printing models, self-driving cars that drop off attendees and park themselves, augmented reality for meetings, and combining video projection mapping with audio. All of these technologies are either here right now, will be available to planners soon, or are on the drawing board of meetings industry visionaries.
Every year, there seems to be countless new applications and technology offerings that promise to change the landscape for event design and improve your attendee engagement, or marketing initiatives.
Here are five trends altering the meetings landscape in 2015…
Jason Cataldi, CTS,VP of sales and marketing - event staging for IMS Technology Services talks extensively about the latest in meeting technology in the new issue of Mid-Atlantic Events Magazine, and a picture of our video mapping work at the Philadelphia Cricket Club graces the cover!
Video is fast becoming the center point of effective communication and sharing event content to broader audiences. We constantly see richer and deeper involvement of video in our daily lives and in promoting, managing and distributing event content.
Projection mapping, also known as video mapping, is a dramatic and exciting video technique that is used to turn everyday objects (or even buildings) into display surfaces for video projection. The end result is a fully customized display with an unmatched “wow factor” for your event.
Have you ever walked into a conference or event expecting to be "wowed" but left wanting more? Whether you are an attendee or planning a meeting, chances are you have experienced an event that lacks flair causing you to lose interest and disengage
Have you ever walked into a conference or event expecting to be "wowed" but left wanting more? Whether you are an attendee or planning a meeting, chances are you have experienced an event that lacks flair causing you to lose interest and disengage.