Fun and Interactive Conference Booths Using Vonage and WhatsApp

At CityJS India 2024, Vonage introduced an innovative conference booth experience featuring a WhatsApp-powered charades game designed to engage attendees and promote its platform offerings. Attendees initiated the experience by scanning a QR code, which launched a WhatsApp Conversational AI agent guiding them through a charades game with categories like "Coding" and "Developer Life." Participants submitted photos, which were uploaded to the Vonage Developer Community Slack for voting, with the winner receiving an LED light-up backpack. The setup demonstrated the potential of interactive booth ideas to foster engagement and make a memorable impact at events. The game was built using Vonage's AI Studio low-code platform and involved a series of steps, including setting up WhatsApp chatbots, confirming user details, and integrating submissions into Slack and social media. While the game was a success with multiple user submissions and social media interactions, the team identified areas for improvement, such as simplifying prompts and QR code usage for future events.