London’s National Theatre has adopted Riedel Communications’ DisTag distance monitoring device, using 220 DisTag devices to help creative teams, and technical and production crews maintain safe distance during rehearsal, fit-up and maintenance.
Worn around the neck or carried in a pocket, DisTag alerts the wearer if the mandatory minimum distance to other people is about to be breached using haptic, visual and acoustic signals
‘As we begin to restart our operations, it’s critical to ensure that our performers, creatives, and technical staff can work as safely as possible and observe proper social distancing. DisTag is a reliable and precise way to meet those objectives,’ says National Theatre Head of Sound & Video, Dominic Bilkey. ‘DisTag has enabled our teams to confidently return to the rehearsal room. Everyone shares a common responsibility for social distancing, which is reinforced by the DisTag’s presence. The act of collecting the device provides a welcome reminder whilst its audible and haptic alerts reinforce this safety mindset.’
DisTag is compact, making it ideal for media and event production as well as public and cultural institutions such as the National Theatre. The device offers three signal levels – a vibration alarm, a three-stage LED signal, and a three-stage sound signal. The proximity limits of the warning signals can be individually defined and adjusted in accordance with local regulations for social distance. In addition, individual tags can be divided into compatible groups using the Friendly Function, which prevents alarms when users in the groups come into close contact with each other.
‘We created DisTag as a simple yet elegant tool for helping organisations of all types start returning to some sense of normalcy after many months of quarantine and other coronavirus restrictions,’ says Riedel Communications UK Sales Manager, Nacho Lee. ‘It’s great to see it being embraced by some of our most storied cultural institutions, such as the National Theatre. We’re very happy that our technology is playing such a key role in this effort.’
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