Asian Sky Quarterly 2021 Q3

EXCLUSIVE: ASGVEC RECAP
ASGVEC: A GREAT SUCCESS!
It is not often that you can say that you were a part of history,
yet everybody that attended the Asian Sky Group Virtual Exhibition
and Conference (ASGVEC) did exactly that. ASGVEC was
the first ever business aviation event to be held in the Metaverse.
The event did not get off to a good start, with technical issues
dogging day one. This was largely due to the sheer number of
people trying to access the event. In the first seven minutes
that the event went live, just under 1,000 people tried to get into
ASGVEC simultaneously. That unprecedented number of people
caused the system to crash, with Asian Sky Group’s CEO Jeffrey
C. Lowe later joking that ASGVEC crashed the internet. Overnight,
Asian Sky Group’s technology partners worked on rolling out a
new version of the platform, so by Day 2 the majority of Day 1’s
issues were fixed.
Whilst that unfortunately meant that the day one conference program
was cancelled, many people stayed in ASGVEC to visit the
exhibition halls. Just under 50 companies signed up to exhibit at the
event, including some of the biggest names in business aviation in
Asia and the world. As well as the exhibition halls, Dassault had created
its own world in ASGVEC, and had photo-realistic models of its
popular Falcon 6X and Falcon 8X on display for attendees to go on
board. These were faithfully recreated from the manufacturer’s own
3D drawings, and were true to life, even down to the double stitching
on the seats. Much like Dassault, Sino Jet also had its own world.
This was a faithful recreation of the company’s Beijing headquarters.
Attendees could visit Sino Jet’s world and feeling like they were walking
through the doors of its headquarters in real life.
As well as exhibition halls and worlds, ASGVEC also included a full
conference program. This was held in the beautiful Atlas Auditorium
– named after a statue appearing in the auditorium lobby. The conference
lasted for four hours each day, with all speakers either being
based in Asia-Pacific or having a close connection to the region.
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