Echo is an off-grid communication tool for music festival visitors to keep friends connected and engaged. With the two-way radio, Echo helps users to locate their friends when they lose their phone service so that they will never be lost. It also features a LED ring light with a full-color RGB spectrum and multi-flash patterns. It connects fans with performers and creates an enchanting and playful atmosphere across festival sites.
2019
Academic Project
Consumer Electronics
People attend festivals not just for great music, but also for close interaction with friends and their favorite performers. They are looking for engaged and unique experiences with removed social pressures and no expectations.
Two-way radios send information directly to other devices without any base station. It works perfectly when people lose their phone service.
Two-way radios send information directly to other devices without any base station. It works perfectly when people lose their phone service.
User can locate their friends and find them easily. Echo also provides several merchandise booths as meeting points for the group to meet up. This can also bring more potential traffic to the merchandise.
With Echo, users can search for restrooms or vendors nearby. By reserving the service on echo, they don’t need to wait in line physically. Echo will notify them several minutes before it is their turn.
Echo connects live acts with fans and makes the audience part of an unforgettable and visually stunning show. It can flash in time with the music and create other effects reflecting the “mood” of the event. It also interacts with users’ movement, getting brighter when users shake it harder. It creates an enchanting and playful atmosphere across festival sites.
