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About 3,000 people tried the Oculus Rift headsets during the four-day event.

The Oculus Rift video experience lasted two minutes and 20 seconds.

A mix of hanging lightbulbs and string separated the guest queue from the rest of the Canon 360 Studio.

Canon invited four fashion influencers—a blogger, a photographer, a model, and a design house—to produce video diaries showing a typical day in their lives. The company shared the videos on social networks, and still images of the influencers decorated the walls of the Canon 360 Studio.

Canon used its sponsorship of London Fashion Weekend as an opportunity to demonstrate the quality of its Selphy Photo Printers by snapping "model head shots" of guests and printing them on site.

Guests could try Canon's new white EOS 100D camera.

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Ideal for company picnics and outdoor festivals, the mobile zip line from NY Party Works lets guests of all ages fly overhead. The line from the New York-based company accommodates two people at a time and travels at 21 miles per hour and as high as 300 feet. The zip line’s spring-based system slows down the landing, using a hydraulic decelerator to lower the thrill-seeker to the ground. The zip line is currently permitted for events in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, and Pennsylvania. Pricing, including staff, is from $3,795 for four hours.

Evoke and Carnival Day teamed up to design and build a giant Lite-Brite for events in the Washington area. The 4- by 8-foot piece has 2,100 peg spaces backlit by 240 individual LED lights and can come customized with a company logo. Guests interact with it by plugging in their own colored pegs.