Category: VR for Events

Traditional is a word that does not sit well with Virtual Reality (VR). Breaking stereotypes and making trends look obsolete, VR is poised to transform everything we have ever known about how we sell, market, or present our ideas.

As we know Virtual Reality (VR) is a unique technology. Unlike standard user interfaces, it immerses the user in an experience. And the VR devices make the experience more tangible and life-like. Today, it is possible to interact with the 3D environment and experience an alternate realm, thanks to VR. Currently, VR games and VR content are two industries leading the curve.

It is no secret that the event industry had to go through radical changes this year. Countless events had to be cancelled, others switched from a physical presence to a digital one. But especially online events suffer from a lack of direct interaction and in turn from low customer proximity. But what if the essential agenda items of events were available in a virtual environment and in real time? For their Partner Summit, cyber security experts F-Secure went for exactly this option, implemented by video production agency KG Media Factory in collaboration with VRdirect. Here’s what you can learn from them.

Events, fair trades and congresses across the globe have been cancelled or postponed because of the spread of the coronavirus. The current situation offers enormous challenges for event planners. What if an event could be held online or even in a virtual environment where thousands could take part and share an experience without the risk of contagion spreading? With Virtual Reality this is possible.

The ongoing Covid-19 pandemic forces museums to keep their gates shut, but German public broadcaster RBB brings their exhibitions to people at home, using the VRdirect platform to create an interactive museum experience in less than two days. In this blog, we’ll discuss how VR can help museums and event organisers to bring their content to their audience in times of crisis.

The message is stark, urgent and global; the progress of the coronavirus pandemic can only be slowed to manageable levels if we all practice social distancing and self-isolation. We all have daunting challenges to face in a world of restricted travel, remote working, and limited social interaction. Even after the initial crisis measures have been relaxed, it won’t be ‘business as normal’ for some time to come.

For the third time, XING Events is inviting visitors to their “Virtual Expo & Conference” or “VExCon” for short. The trade show is completely virtual. So you are cordially invited to visit VExCon from your office or wherever you are and whatever device you are using.

At large events and conventions, it can be difficult for a company to stand out from the crowd. Even in the busiest of settings, however; virtual reality allows users to escape into completely different environments and scenarios that grab their full attention. VRdirect is dedicated to delivering exciting and memorable VR experiences to customers at such events.

MAN is going new ways at the Busworld 2019 by enhancing the experience at the event with Virtual Reality. This enabled MAN to give the visitors a unique glimpse behind the scenes of the construction of the new model Lion’s City 12 E. One of the highlights of this year’s Busworld is the new electrically powered model Lion’s City 12 E from MAN. In order to show visitors the construction of the components and the drive in detail, MAN relies on Virtual Reality.

In a new art initiative sponsored by Deutsche Telekom and supported by VRdirect, visitors of the museums which exhibit the project ‘Jetzt! Junge Malerei in Deutschland’ will be offered Oculus Go headsets that will teleport them to other participating museums. This way, you can virtually visit 3 different museums while physically staying at one.