# IoT Technologies during and Beyond COVID-19: A Comprehensive Review
## 4 A Framework of Solutions to Tackle COVID-19 and Emerging Pandemics in the Future Using IoT
### IoT in the Entertainment Sector  
The entertainment industry has been greatly affected by the pandemic. Different activities such as going to the gym, sport fields, clubs, theatres, concerts, and travel are restricted due to the lockdown. The IoT technology can help ease these limitations by providing solutions such as smart gyms and wearable devices. IoT is used in many ways to monitor the physical environment and to collect mobility socio-economic data that save resources and time [60].  
JaxJox recently announced an interactive fitness studio, which acts as a smart home gym for users. The system provides different performance data and fitness classes with AI performance tracking and personalized coaching experience. Friends and members can also work out together using the virtual group training function, providing a better experience for group workouts [7]. A framework by [PERSON] provides efficient resource utilization in the gym and provides innovative services to the users [61]. This works as a great solution for users who are not capable of using a public gym anytime soon.  
[PERSON] and [PERSON] proposed the Digital Fitness Connector (DFC), which is compatible with over 80 ANT health and fitness sensors. The sensors are able to track speed, heart rate, power, cadence, pace, and distance, which is also connected to smartphones [38]. This helps the users to monitor their physical activity in real-time and store their data.  
This technology can go along with pandemic or governmental regulations as it helps reduce face-to-face interactions, imposes limits on gathering with other people, and mitigate the risk of exposure to coronavirus at any healthcare premises. These lightweight devices can also help in reinforcing and implementing these regulations. There are a few countries--Jordan, Bahrain, and Bulgaria--that use electronic bracelets as a monitoring and control mechanism to ensure that the public are in line with coronavirus quarantine measures and to ensure that the rules are respected by those who are self-isolating [39; 40; 41].  
A research presented by [62] provides an indoor, cost-effective IoT monitoring system for COVID-19. The system uses Rasberyy Pi, temperature sensors, camera, and Arduino for mask detection, contactless temperature sensing, and to check the social distance between the individuals. Even though the system performance is limited to the kind of hardware used, it provides a decent result. This shows the capability of IoT with the associated technology in smaller spaces.  
Table 6 summarizes the key IoT applications in this domain, anticipated economic and social impact, predicted timeline for wider adaptation, and TRLs of the application for wider deployment (also visualized in Figure 8).  
\begin{table}
\begin{tabular}{c c c c c} \hline  & **IoT Application** & \begin{tabular}{c} **Societal and Economic** \\ **Impact (Low,** \\ **Medium, High)** \\ \end{tabular} & \
\begin{tabular}{c} **Timeline for Wide Usage** \\ **(Immediate,** \\ **Post-COVID-19, Future)** \\ \end{tabular} &
\begin{tabular}{c} **Technology Readiness Levels** \\ **(TRLs) of the Application for** \\ **Wider Deployment** \\ \end{tabular} \\ \hline
1 & Virtual Group Training [7] & Low & Future & TRL5 \\ \hline
2 & Smart Gym [7; 61] & Low & Future & TRL4 \\ \hline
3 &
\begin{tabular}{c} Physical Health \\ Monitoring [7; 38; 60; 61] \\ \end{tabular} & High & Immediate & TRL9 \\ \hline
4 &
\begin{tabular}{c} AI Performance \\ Tracking [7] \\ \end{tabular} & Low & Future & TRL5 \\ \hline \end{tabular}
\end{table}
Table 6: Key observations of IoT in the entertainment sector.