How can face recognition optimise your gym?
Gyms are a sector that are often ahead of the curve when it comes to access control. It isn’t uncommon for modern gyms to use fingerprint recognition to recognise their members, or to grant them access to specific spaces within a health club.
Despite this, gyms are quickly learning that fingerprint recognition brings with it some serious health and safety concerns, specifically within a post-covid world.
The fitness industry suffered significantly during the COVID19 pandemic, with many gyms and leisure centres having to stop using contact-based access authentication, such as PIN key-codes, fingerprints or key fobs. All of the existing access methods are flawed.
Cards and fobs can be lost, stolen or simply forgotten. There can be availability issues and they are open to abuse. Discarded fobs and cards also represent an environmental problem. PIN access provides little security as codes are rarely changed, and can easily be passed on to unauthorised persons. They are a disease transmission point and provide no record of who is present within a gym.
Membership cards and fobs can also be taken adventage of, with many gym users sharing cards or wristbands and ‘buddy punching’ non-members in.
Fingerprint access is inconvenient (as the biometric data must be collected in person) and is a disease transmission point.
The next generation in frictionless access control? Facial recognition.
At TouchByte we specialise in contactless access control. We developed Facentry, which overcomes all of these problems.
Facentry is contactless, weather resistant, robust, and can be used as more than just hands-free access control.
Let us explain a little more in this blog. You’ll be clued up on innovative, contactless facial authentication in no time. This technology enables so much more than just access control, too.
Keep the workout going, all day and night
Transform your reception into a 24/7 gym, with facial recognition doing the admittance work for you. Allow members to access the gym whenever suits them, and not your staffing limitations.
Give the people what they want
Customer experience can be tailored, significantly, using face recognition. Alert customers to tailored marketing messages that would appeal to their demographic with digital signage.
Sign up anytime, anywhere
Simple member enrolment, on or off site using a selfie, which means your members and guests arrive on day one, ready to go.
Safety first
It’s contactless, eliminating a disease transmission point. Facentry + FaceOS also acts as a real-time record of who’s present for emergency roll-calls.
Why Facentry?
SOLUTIONS. Our system can be tailored to your organisation’s precise requirements.
PARTNERS. We can work with you and your site management team to provide all the support you need.
BRITISH. Facentry was designed and developed in the UK, and is built and supported here.
ETHICAL. We will always safeguard the data security of your workforce and your business.
FLEXIBLE. We have a variety of commercial models to suit your business and project needs.
RELIABLE. We aim to build long-term business relationships with our customers.
We’d love to chat to you further about how we can optimise your gym, safety and member experience.
Get in touch with us today to get the ball rolling.
