Anne 🐝 Thornley-Brown, MBA in Executive Team Building Network, Directors and Executives, IT - Information Technology President and Founder • Executive Oasis International Mar 8, 2017 · 1 min read · +300

Virtual Reality: Who is using it for events?

There has certainly been a lot of buzz about virtual reality and many have predicted that it will soon be one of the hottest trends in the events industry. I blog regularly for Plan Your Meetings. For a recent blog post, I set out in search of real-world examples of how virtual reality is currently being used. Despite the hype, virtual reality use is still quite limited in the events industry.

Here is a quick round-up of what I uncovered. Virtual reality is being used for:

Presentations: On March 3, 2017, the Guinness World Records for the “Most People Using Virtual Reality Displays” during a presentation was set at YPO EDGE in Vancouver. 1,867 executives participated simultaneously.

Check out the video footage on the original blog post.

News Conferences
Venue Showcases
Pop-up Event Marketing
Pop-up Venues
Wedding and Event Videos

Check out the details with video examples on Plan Your Meetings Blog by MPI:

Virtual reality for events: Who is using it?

For ideas of where to use virtual reality, check out my recent blog post on EventMobi Blog:

NEW: Virtual Reality: 7 Ways for Meeting Planners to Catch the Next Event Tech Wave

Have you experienced virtual reality for events yet? If you have, please stop by and tell us about it.

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Anne Thornley-Brown is the President of Executive Oasis International, a Toronto team building and management consulting firm. Executive Oasis International has designed and facilitated team building and executive retreats for companies from 18 countries.

Anne is a popular blogger and she has written for The Huffington Post, Plan Your Meetings by MPI, Event Manager Blog, EventMobi, Cvent, and more.