Muse fuels ‘Drones’ World Tour with Barco media servers and projection
Barco has teamed up with stage, lighting and visual designer Oli Metcalfe and new media and entertainment studio Moment Factory...
Timothy Myres
Events & Technology: Augmented Reality
Augmented Reality (AR) is currently hot in marketing. But what impact does this technology actually have on the event industry?...
Events & Technology: RFID
Identifying visitors remotely - that's what RFID does. By linking RFID to online interaction, you can intensify the experience of...
How to Deal with Streaming Apps on Events
Livestream apps are hot. You make a video with your smartphone and your followers tune in live, looking through the...
Sabotage your Event with a Bad Registration Form
There's nothing worse for an attendee than staring at a huge and complicated event registration form and not know where...
Use Your Event App to Make Attendees’ Wait Time Productive
Standing in line is not a standout part of most meetings or conferences. It’s nothing like, for example, standing in...
How Mobile Apps Improve the Attendee Journey BEFORE an Event
There are more than 1.8 million meetings and events in the U.S. and 5 million worldwide, but the average attendee...
Making a Splash with Your Event App
One of the the biggest tech tools on the tip of everyone’s tongues today is event apps. Yes, they have...
CASHLESS PAYMENTS + THE EVENT BUDGET: What EventProfs Need To Know
Today’s event professionals have revolutionized events as we know it by implementing different strategies, trends, and technologies, such as going...
Why Self-Service is the New Standard
Self-service transactions have experienced a surge in popularity over the past few years. According to Self Service World magazine, 27,000 self-service...
Three Ways Marketers Can Harness the Power of Virtual Reality
After years of conjecture, development, and dreaming, it’s almost hard to believe that the day of virtual reality has arrived....
DoubleDutch Introduces Real-Time Messaging and New Channel Capabilities
If you’ve ever been frustrated that you can see a list of attendees in your mobile event app, but can’t...
QuickMobile Launches a New User Interface for its Mobile Event App
QuickMobile, a global leader in enterprise mobile meeting and event apps, released a new user interface for its mobile app...
SummitSync—the Tinder of Conference Apps?
When you think “conference app,” the look, feel, and revenue model of SummitSync is probably not what comes to mind....
For Real? Freeman’s New VR Platform Will Change How You See Venues and Show Products
Virtual Reality has been a lot of fun for a few years now, but a new VR platform unveiled at...
Why Virtual Reality — and Why Now?
Although it’s not necessarily a new innovation, recent advancements have made virtual reality (VR) more immersive and affordable than ever before. As...
Virtual Reality’s Real Operational Opportunity
Everybody is talking about how virtual reality will change the events industry. While the opportunity is exhilarating, it’s also important to...
Drones: Moving Into Events at the Speed of Flight
Drones, those remote-controlled quadrocopters you probably have seen and heard whining overhead—have come a long way from their early role...
7 Need-to-Know Facts About Using Drones at Events
Drones can add some , but as is true for most new technologies, there are tricks to doing it right....
Meetings Get Real—and then Some—with Virtual and Augmented Reality Technology
Meeting planners are people people—they have to be, given that what they do is all about providing in-person experiences. So...
Are You Ready for the 5 Technology Pillars of Disruption?
Few things make you simultaneously wish you were in someone’s shoes and feel so glad that you’re not as watching...
CASHLESS EVENTS Appearing Around the World with Many Benefits
Street festivals and other community events can attract large crowds, but a crowd doesn’t always ensure impressive sales. Events that...
THE NEED TO KNOW ABOUT EVENT TECH TRENDS
If you’re looking at event technology trends for 2015/2016, here’s what you will need to know first. Interactive touch screens...
USING AN EVENT APP to increase survey response for event organisers
Remember the days when you went to Wembley to watch the football match and Wimbledon to watch the tennis or...
REAP THE BENEFITS OF MARKETING YOUR EVENT APP
Creating an app for your event that attendees can download and use as a one stop source of information offers...
6 Apps to Make Event Check-In a Faster and Better Guest Experience
Event check-in is an immediate and integral part of any event. Without looking at ways to optimize this part of...
The 7 Live Streaming Event Apps that Rule the World of Hospitality
The dramatic growth of second screen technology and hybrid meetings has permeated nearly every meeting and event, and should be...
6 Mobile Event Survey Apps that Deliver the Goods
When it comes to event surveys, there’s a thought process we’re sure you’ve heard before. Paper surveys take time, resources...
5 Simple Steps to Managing an Event App
As a consultant and Technology Services Manager for dozens of clients, I have managed multiple activations of mobile apps for...
New Survey Highlights Reasons to Invest in a Mobile Event App
CrowdCompass and the Event Marketing Institute (EMI) have partnered on a research report covering the momentum of mobile event apps....
