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CommonWealth Partners’ Pier 4 Becomes First in Boston to Deploy Virtual Reality Fire Drills
January 19, 2021 GMT
BOSTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan 19, 2021--
Pier 4 is the first multi-tenant office building in the city to use virtual reality to conduct fire drills. With many people working from home due to the COVID-19 pandemic, CommonWeath Partners opted to deploy virtual reality technology to help ensure all occupants know how to respond in an emergency whenever they are in the office.
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Developed by AK Preparedness, a Seattle-based emergency preparedness and life safety company, the new SafetyNetVR solution involves creating a photo-realistic 3D model of a building’s interior and then embedding information about stairwells and life safety equipment.