Baylor using technology to measure occupancy
Baylor University is making sure its students no longer have to worry about a building being too crowded without knowing beforehand with the tech product, Occuspace.
Author: Matt Lively
Updated: 11:39 AM CST March 8, 2021
WACO, Texas — Students at Baylor University no longer have to worry about long waits in packed areas. The school has been using a new technology called Occuspace since September 2020.
The device plugs into a wall outlet in a building such as a library and reads different Wi-Fi and Bluetooth signals in the area to determine how many people are occupying that space. The information from those readings are relayed to a mobile app that tells students the wait time for a building, how crowded it is and reads patterns to determine busy hours.