The corona virus COVID-19 is a challenge for all of us. The trade show and event business got the first blow. Specialist congresses, trade fairs and other events were postponed indefinitely. "Event and trade show cancellations will be with us for a few more months, probably until the end of the year. Clever solutions and alternatives are required." Manfred Hiller, Association of German Trade Show Organizers. But the wholesale and retail trade as well as the general sales force and field workers are also badly affected. Inviting the customer to a business lunch, or presenting the latest products in person, is simply not possible in times of social distancing and home office.

Which corona solutions work? What are the alternatives to trade fairs? How to reach the customer in the home office? How to maintain the field service?

Event and trade show cancellations will be with us for a few more months, probably until the end of the year. Clever solutions and alternatives are required.

- Manfred Hiller, Association of German Trade Show Organizers

The direct advantage against in this pandemic is obvious: prevention of infection and cutting the losses due to trade fair cancellations. But also consider the long-term benefits for you as a company that will go way beyond the corona crisis:

  • Get an innovation advantage in sales over your competitors
  • Reach customers who avoid trade fairs - because not everyone likes trade fairs
  • Simply give your sales representative your trade show booth as a handy Google Cardboard
  • Leave your exhibition booth right on your customers' desk as virtual reality viewer

Virtual salesrooms and exhibition booths will be also a hit after Corona, COVID-19

So how can you give customers and business partners an insight into the latest products, developments and services? Move your trade fair into virtual reality with MR.CARDBOARD. Show your products in 360° and 3D, enriched with music, explanatory videos and voice over. Link directly to further information on your homepage in your virtual booth or refer directly to the right contact person by email or telephone number. Let your customers completely immerse themselves in your world.

Social Distancing and Corona can also be an opportunity for the trade fair industry!

"Social Distancing and Corona can also be an opportunity for the trade fair industry!" Manfred Hiller from the Association of German Trade Show Organizers."Get your products and product presentations directly in front of your customers. Just give your sales representative a virtual reality viewer or Google Cardboard designed in your corporate look. At the beginning of this year, together with MR.CARDBOARD, we sent 500x virtual reality viewers with an example exhibition booth as by mail to show our top customers the possibilities. Now in times of Corona and the trade fair cancellations, these ideas are in demand as never before."

Trade show canceled? Virtual fairs / online fairs as an alternative in this pandemic

Hannover-Messe, Internationale Tourismus Messe Berlin ITB, Cebit, Light + Building in Frankfurt (Main), der internationalen Fachmesse für Licht und Gebäudetechnik, Doppelmesse Fensterbau Frontale & Holz-Handwerk, IFH/Intherm, die Fachmesse für Sanitär, Haus und Gebäudetechnik... Many trade fairs have already been canceled and will be canceled.

However, companies urgently need trade fairs to maintain customer contacts and show their products. Business for the whole year and long-term customer relationships are made at trade fairs. No wonder that canceling a trade fair is a catastrophe for sales. Slumps in sales are guaranteed.

In cooperation with our award-winning partners (viality and diginetmedia) we developed your solution. Companies can invite their customers to their virtual trade fair booth and present their products - and this is highly innovative and almost as tangible as at a real trade fair. With our MR.CARDBOARD Virtual Reality Cardboard you can also send this experience directly to your customers by post - directly in the office or in the home office and thus maintain direct customer contact despite social distancing.

All your products in your pocket - Virtual Reality product catalog for your customers

You drove to the customer and put together the best selection of brochures, information material and samples. Nevertheless, it turns out during the conversation that your customer would like to see the other products that you do not have with you. "I'll be happy to mail them to you later," you may have said earlier. But there is a better way. Imagine:

  • You have every product in every configuration in your pocket - always
  • You can show your customer your product in action in full size
  • You simply take your customer into production, virtually behind the scenes and show what you and your company is proud of
  • You simply leave all of the above features and an impression with your customer

This is possible for 150 grams. That is the weigh of our Virtual Reality Viewer POP! CARDBOARD that brings your products to life, make them almost tangible and can easily display your entire product catalog on your mobile phone. Unlimited space, perfectly tailored to your customers.

Corona Help and Solutions for Travel and Tourism - Virtual Travel with Virtual Travel Tours

Our cooperation partner Virtual Travel Tours offers solutions for the travel industry, regardless of whether tour operator or travel agency or hotelier, a unique opportunity to delight the customer with a virtual trip. So your customer can view the hotel, the beach, the sights or other tourist destinations as if they were on site.

With the individually printed and designed MR.CARDBOARD there are no limits to the creation. Increase your customer's desire to travel with tourist content through the use of 360° panorama tours, 360° videos or picture galleries and make your journey tangible for your customers.

Apart but together in the home office - cooperative work despite Corona COVID-19

But now everyone is in the home office, doing social distancing and, for good reason, cannot sit together in meetings in the usual way. However, you do not have to relinquish the creativity of brainstorming meetings, the vivid way of prototypes and 3D renderings to touch.

Create a virtual meeting in Virtual Reality. Everyone in their home office, but virtually at one table. Get creative together no matter how far apart you are. Build new prototypes and ideas together and without limits. In virtual reality you have an infinite amount of space, can grasp and move entire machine parks and draw three-dimensionally.

Virtual conferences and webinars directly in your customer's home office or remote

Digitize your lectures & workshops that you would normally give at conferences. Invite your customers and prospects to a webinar, alternatively in digital form to the workshop or lecture on site. So you can use your cutting edge technical expertise and present it as usual. You can use the chat function to interact with the participants during the webinar.

Here is a selection of providers such as GoToMeeting, edudip, Webinaris and many more. can help you with that. You can also advertise your lectures on XING, LinkedIn or your newsletter at short notice. Reach not only a larger target group, but also generate new leads, which can then be provided with further information with automated email campaigns.

This is rounded off if you record the webinar or the previous day in 360 ° and make it even more descriptive. You can also upload these 360 ​​° videos to YouTube and simply send them to the customer with our virtual reality glasses. Either as an invitation and a foretaste of the webinar or the next conference.