Webinar: Queues Redefined: How Smartphone Augmented Reality can Change Theme Parks
1-2 p.m. EDT
Join IAAPA’s Financial Management and IT Committee Chair, Christina Gilchrist in a webinar all about how smartphone augmented reality is changing our theme park industry.
If the attractions market is to evolve and keep up with current trends, it must create responsible, engaging content that combines the physical world with digital interactions. We will outline the benefits of incorporating augmented reality into long lines to provide immersive and entertaining experiences. Digital content can be easily updated at any time to deliver new challenges, scavenger hunts, etc., to keep guests engaged at a fraction of what it would cost to create and deliver new physical experiences.
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how augmented reality can result in increased sales
- Discover the impacts of augmented reality and guest satisfaction
- Experience how incorporating augmented reality can further create social engagement
A question and answer session will follow the webinar.
Attendees are eligible to earn one continuing education unit (1 CEU) towards IAAPA recertification. For more information about IAAPA Certifications, please contact Alissa DeMeglio
Speakers
Tony Nitschke
A German native, Tony received his M.Sc. in Aerospace Engineering from TU Berlin with an impressive thesis project involving Germany’s first Supersonic 3D-printed rocket. His passion for world changing technologies lead him to co-found Augmented Robotics in 2018, where, among other things, he is working to merge the physical world with a limitless augmented reality universe. Tony is currently based in Berlin as the CEO of Augmented Robotics.
Christina Gilchrist ICAE
Christina Gilchrist has been a part of the entertainment and hospitality industry for 30 years, of this time 25 years has been specializing in Point of Sale (POS) and information technology solutions. While on this journey, Christina has replaced nine different point of sale systems and is fluent with 10 point of sale applications. One of Christina’s specialties is with Point of Sale (P.O.S) hardware and software systems; with which she integrates with many other technologies. Technology such as timekeeping, scheduling, inventory, hotel property management systems, alert-based systems, vendor exports, imports, and of course financial systems. From cradle to grave with RFPs to complete system installation; Christina ensures Security, Stability, and Sensibility is within the system. Point of sale is not just our heartbeat; it is our front line, web, profit analysis, and the opportunity to a lifetime of possibility.
Christina has worked with and led teams designing, developing, installing, and supporting technology across attractions both domestically and internationally. Technology reaches all, technology that monitors GPS locations, heating and cooling sensors, Vibration, Vehicle hours/distance, Water backflow preventers, etc. Technology is in every nook and cranny; from Point of sale to piping to guide rails, Security, Safety, Employee satisfaction, Guest Experiences… the list goes on.
