Near Venice, H-FARM College recently began with Wallet-based IDs for students, faculty and staff. Access to campus rooms, common areas and printer stations is with a tap of a phone or smartwatch.
Alberto Aldrigo, CTO at H-FARM says: โFrom the very beginning, we envisioned a campus where credentials would always be within reach, directly on a smartphone. With HID and Sharry, this vision has become a reality through a solution that is simple, secure and reliable. Student enthusiasm was evident right away: within just three minutes of receiving the notification, 70 per cent had already activated their virtual badge – a clear sign of how much this innovation was anticipated.โ
A H-FARM app is available on the App Store and Google Play. The app enables students, and visitors to explore the campus map, order and pay for food and stay up to date with events and news. The addition of wallet-based student IDs extends that experience by enabling smartphones and smartwatches to function as secure digital credentials, reflecting H-FARM’s commitment to advancing campus technology and the student experience.
HIDโs identity infrastructure provides the credential issuance layer, enabling digital IDs to be provisioned and managed at the campus scale. Sharry connects H-FARMโs identity management with HIDโs infrastructure, acting as the middleware layer that ties the two together. With a tap in the H-FARM app, users can add their credentials to their digital wallets. And, thanks to Sharryโs integration with a Genetec access control system, students can move across campus spaces without having to open additional apps or carrying physical badges.
Matฤj Pokornรฝ, Head of Customer Success at Sharry, said: โOur collaboration with H-FARM has been nothing short of remarkable. What might have taken months was accomplished in just a few weeks, a testament to the shared vision and agility of everyone involved. H-FARM sets a new benchmark for how campuses can modernize access and identity, without compromising security. And we believe it will become a reference point for higher education deployments across Europe.โ
โH-FARM’s deployment is a strong example of what a truly digital campus can be: secure, mobile and frictionless by design. By placing student identity at the heart of the digital wallet experience, this implementation demonstrates how modern identity and access can be delivered seamlessly across the entire campus environment,โ said Dominic Bruning, Director of Strategic Alliances for Mobile, EMEA, at HID.
HID and Sharry have delivered wallet-based office access projects in the United States, European Union, and most recently Latin America.
