Just a few years ago, drones, or unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), were introduced into the world of events and they immediately became one of the most engaging elements for the attendees of the event. Mostly used to take an aerial view or perform flower shower at events, drones are present everywhere today and are widely used today in all formats to events, be it weddings, trade exhibitions or even product launches.
However, with drones being widely used everywhere today, an element of monotony towards their use can easily be felt developing around the buzzing technological advancement. To solve the purpose, we at EE are listing down 5 innovative ways drones can be used at events.
1-Deliver Invitations
So far, one of the drawbacks of drones being used is the fact that they are never really engaging directly with the audiences or attendees in any manner at the events. They do fly and perform an array of functions and the audience is hooked on to the event just by seeing them. However they can also be used to create a more customized experiences for the guests by sending the invitations of the event through drones. This goes without saying that the act will require human supervision but the experience of it is bound to be memorable.
2-3-D Mapping
This idea makes technology meeting another technology to create a unique wow element at your event. Small, lightweight drones may look like simple model airplanes, but they can survey landscapes with thousands of digital images that can be stitched together into 3-D maps at events. These 3-D maps then can be used during performances at events, interaction sessions, lighting purposes and so much more.
3-Photography
Drones have often been used for capturing and live streaming videos but not many people use them to capture still photographs. You can do that at your next event and create a live montage of photographs of the audience. The same can then be given as a return gift to them as a token to say thanks for attending the event. You can never go wrong, by gifting an experience to your guests.
4-Providing internet access
Free Wi-Fi anyone? Yes, everyone wants free Wi-Fi at events as they want to share about their experiences in real time on various social media platforms. But often a problem with Wi-Fi and internet is that due to a large number of users using the network at the same time, while sometime the connectivity wears off or it is the network that gets jammed. But, drones can be a great help in such situations as they can be used to host Wi-Fi servers on them and then the same can be used not only as an engaging element at events but also for making available free services to the attendees.
5-Flying drone challenges
With multiple drones present at your event you can also use them to create an interesting challenging game for the attendees. All you need to do is create an obstacle course and then a few participants to play the game. The audiences love drones and through this method they get to experience it too in a fun and interesting way, now that is an experience I would love to have.
