Making the future of electronics more accessible – that is the objective of Sonepar.

As one of the leading distributors of electronic goods, Sonepar is on the road through Europe with the road show truck “Innovation-Lab”. This is where we convey the industry´s vision of the future for electricians and retailers.

As an introduction a film informs about mega trends and guides into the Interaction Area. The topics are filtered by the profile of each visitor and can be saved onto a RFID card for use online at home. Interactive workstations introduce topics such as “Smart Home“ and “Industry 4.0“ in a playful kind of way. In real time it is displayed what percentage of the relevant content each individual user has already captured.

Augmented reality scenarios can be visited through HoloLens glasses to get an impression of how maintenance services will work in the future. In the end of the journey, visitors give their feedback about their experience via a face emotion recognition app by simply looking into the camera.