A wearable to avoid the queues

With the opening of its new water park, Universal Orlando has unveiled a collection of wearables by the sweet name of TapuTapu.

TapuTapu is a wearable that aims to help customers avoid queues. Worn on the wrist, these smart health connected bracelets communicate with totems placed all over the park.

TapuTapu wearables, despite some resemblance to a Tamagotchi, are a real innovation in the world of theme parks. While Disney offers a similar efficient wait system, it is apparently the first to be a wearable. It is clear that the amusement parks have therefore decided to innovate to improve and even develop the experience of their visitors.

As another example, to date we have seen several theme parks use VR (for example in the UK) with the launch of a roller coaster attraction with the help of Samsung Gear VR headphones. Speaking of Samsung, the brand is also behind the technology of the new rides at Six Flags theme parks in the United States, including Magic Mountain in its LA park.

It remains to be seen whether the smart health connected bracelets used at Volcano Bay will really be so effective once the park is full of visitors. Either way, the concept seems mature enough to really help visitors make the most of their day in the park. My big question: how will it be if all visitors are equipped with a TapuTapu. Will the device not then become a simple object to regulate and direct the flow of visitors to the park?

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