Remote Collaboration: Video, Hybrid, & Virtual Meetings & Events.

A summary of our ‘remote meeting / collaboration / virtual conference / virtual exhibition’ offerings:

Video conference software:

For Remote meetings and to interact with colleagues who are working from home – You can just use Skype/Zoom/Teams right?

With these video call, or video conference software solutions, you can see each other face-to-face, you can share a screen, so what else do you need? Possibly you don’t need more for short conversations, but for longer sessions, and sessions in which collaboration is needed, or written information needs to be shared or created, then there are more developed, more immersive, and more effective solutions for remote meetings. Read on….

“INVOLVED” – Remote Collaboration Solution (MEETINGS PLUS):

Think of the better meetings/presentations which take place at a well-planned annual conference. What are the features which help collaborative sessions run smoothly and effectively?
MEETINGS PLUS offers the following features (And more):

• – A shared and visible agenda
• – Shared whiteboard
• – Branding and key messages can be displayed.
• – Products can be demonstrated.
• – Breakout rooms are available.
• – Pop-up notepad is available.
• – You can see content being presented AND the person presenting at the same time.
• – Chairman and moderator can be assigned to ‘control the mic’, and to ensure best questions are picked for discussion.
• – There is a shared notepad for Key Questions captured, and best questions can be ‘liked’ to help pick most relevant topics.
• – Polling/voting can be taken from all attendees during sessions.
• – A dynamic ‘word cloud’ can be onscreen and evolve as discussions develop.

So can you have all of the above? Yes –our MEETINGS PLUS solutions can offer all of the above can be driven from (pre-configured) laptops.
We recommend receiving a pre-configured laptop, then there will be no ‘administration rights/software’ issues, and it leaves your normal day-to-day device free for others uses.

The above solution is great for a meeting or conference, sharing clear information and allowing discussion, but if you want to add ‘wow’ factor, gain full attention, inspire, show off a product, or design in 3D, or if you want to stir more emotion then there is a more immersive experience! Read on…

‘VIRTUAL WORLD’ EVENT SOLUTIONS can offer truly immersive and interactive ‘events’.

Think of a leading companies’ product launch, or an impressive international exhibition. The venue is grand, the scale of the event is exciting, and you can see exhibitors, presenters, showcases, and products how they want to be seen. You can move around and interact with other attendees.
In a well organised live event, for the presentations there is multiple video feeds to the venue screens, there is music, there are introductions and guest speakers beamed in.
In a ‘real world’ exhibition you can also move easily from one stand to another, and interact and impress other attendees and stakeholders live.

The above is all possible with ‘Virtual World’ Events –

• – An event organiser can provide all of the above in a virtual setting and show customers, partners, stakeholders that their company is innovative and employs the technology of the future to organize events.
• – You can choose or design a stylish venue, tailor appearance and branding (for stages and stands), add ‘impossible’ effects, and deliver with scale and interactivity.
• – This ‘Virtual world’ solution is available as an events package with hardware and software combined from Hire Intelligence. These ‘virtual world’ events designed together, are best enjoyed (and attended) via VR (Virtual Reality) headsets, BUT an attendee can experience the events by logging in to a specific password protected webpage on pre-configured tablets and laptops too.
• – Presentations and product videos can be pre-recorded, and venues and even virtual exhibition stands can be pre-designed or pre-chosen from templates. Presenters can deliver their speeches ‘live’ to remote attendees using green screen technology and streaming, or speeches can be pre-recorded and played at the right time. Presenters can be in avatar form, or appear as their normal selves, with their slides or videos appearing on virtual large screens around the venue, or hovering above the stage.
• – For exhibitions, attendees can move around and chat with live remote (avatar) sales personnel, and see tailored presentations, 3d models or videos of products on each designed virtual stand.

This VIRTUAL WORLD EVENT solution is NOT just a pretty 3D version of a menu (or website) with links to some pre-prepared content. Our solution (unlike others) is for wowing, meeting, chatting, enjoying and experiencing real LIVE events in a different way.

• – If you want examples or to trial the experience – call us!

Specialist Virtual sessions –

On some occasions the ‘wow factor’ is not what is needed, but you might need full immersive interactivity, and tailored, specific virtual settings – some examples:

• – If you want a Management Team building challenge that is ‘out of this world’, and can be undertaken remotely, with detailed analytics to review post-session. (VR Leadership Team Building)
• – If you want to discuss details of a prototype of a motorbike, or you want to modify the design of a car together. (360 immersive design experiences)
• – If you need to depict an impossible or dangerous situation. Do you want to have a meeting on the lunar surface so that to make an astronomy lesson more interesting?
• – Do you want to have to walk people through a dangerous scenario? (VR scenario Training)
• – If you want to see the rough body movements of the speaker, to undertake a specific process (VR body mechanics / process familiarity training).

Virtual Reality & the Covid-19 Pandemic

With the current COVID situation affecting Events, Exhibitions and Training Opportunities, companies and the general public are looking into alternative methods of carrying on within the new normal. Virtual Reality Events and Virtual Reality Training are becoming more and more popular as an alternative for in-person Events and Training that cannot currently go-ahead.

When looking at Virtual Events benefits, cost saving, time saving & global reach (therefore reducing your global footprint) are the obvious standouts. However, collection of feedback and ease of tracking user results also give you instant benefits over a physical event option.

Studies over the previous year have been proving that VR-Training is both more effective & more cost-efficient than in-person training methods. V-learn concepts, have proved to increase confidence & provide less distraction than classroom or e-learning alternatives.

We can offer solutions for Virtual Reality Hire & Augmented Reality Hire, see our full range of Virtual Reality Equipment Hire, including a full Oculus Range, HTC, Samsung & Microsoft products and solutions.