Event Technology: Holographics

WHY THE JUDGES LOVE IT: TOTO created a showroom of private bathrooms featuring its Washlet product, an electronic bidet, where attendees learned about its features from an animated holographic character by the name of “Shizukun.” Triggered by a motion and door-sensor system when the consumer entered the bathroom, the story told by the childlike blue […]

WHY THE JUDGES LOVE IT: An audience of 14,000 people from 29 countries attending Walmart’s annual meeting received a special visit from company founder Sam Walton—in the form of a hologram. Projected by two 30K laser projectors and reflected against Holo-Gauze fabric, the 3D animation of Walton was able to “meet” the next generation of […]

A chip maker and a pop star? It seems an unlikely combination, but Intel through its sponsorship of Lady Gaga’s homage to David Bowie at the Grammy Awards demonstrated to its early adopter target how its innovations transform passion points like music. The musical experience (it was no ordinary musical performance) leveraged sensors, movement tracking […]

Holograms have been part of the entertainment toolkit since the Tupac reveal in 2012, but rarely have they been used to successfully reveal and market a product. Until Nike’s Locker Room Unveil event in August 2016. The event was designed to excite and energize local high school football players with a personalized experience during the […]

Audi is best known for gravity-defying exhibits that inspire attendees to think about what the brand is trying to say. At the Frankfurt Motor Show, however, Audi flexed its experiential muscle with the four-part Experience Walk, an outdoor installation that explained Audi’s four key themes using the senses. “We’ve never developed an exhibition presentation that […]