Beijing’s National Centre for the Performing Arts has a novel way to stop people checking their phones mid-performance: give ushers lasers to shine at offending audience members.
Audience members using cellphones bedevil performers and presenters around the world. But in China, theaters and other venues have adopted what they say is an effective — others might say disturbing — solution.
Zap them with a laser beam.
The approach varies, but the idea is the same. During a performance, ushers equipped with laser pointers are stationed above, or on the perimeter of, the audience... Keep reading on The New York Times
Audience members using cellphones bedevil performers and presenters around the world. But in China, theaters and other venues have adopted what they say is an effective — others might say disturbing — solution.
Zap them with a laser beam.
The approach varies, but the idea is the same. During a performance, ushers equipped with laser pointers are stationed above, or on the perimeter of, the audience... Keep reading on The New York Times