Jon Jaehnig

When you think AR and VR technology, you might not think BMW. However, BMW’s address book has become a who’s who of AR and VR firms and experts over the years.

We take a look at this year’s VR Awards finalists - including returning winners from last year, those looking for another shot at glory, and of course the newcomers.

For a long time, the big news in XR has been when it moved fast and did remarkable things. But maybe we should talk about XR digging in. Let’s talk about Glimpse.

There are already virtual tour production companies and apps in the U.S. So, we got our hands on a demo from newcomer VRdirect to learn what they bring.

You’ve probably heard of people buying “virtual real estate.” SuperWorld co-founder and CEO Hrish Lotlikar talked us through how it all works out.

The partnership between Snap and Viber is a “win-win situation” for them, as well as for consumers in an AR messaging world currently monopolized by Facebook.

Avatour recently closed a $2.9M funding round after a commercial launch just over a year ago. ARPost got a look around, courtesy of CEO Devon Copley.

Look inside “The Augmented Workforce”, an industrialist’s how-to and technologist’s factory tour. Featuring quotes by authors John Buzzell and Cathy Hackl.

Xenco Medical makes patient-specific surgical equipment but surgeons were limited to off-the-shelf anatomical models for instruction. Cue HoloMedX.

Spatial offers many popular and powerful remote meeting tools in a fast, user-friendly, widely accessible package. And yes, the avatars are something else.

We look at Varjo’s fresh Reality Cloud announcement from today’s virtual showcase and other announcements with CEO Timo Toikkanen and CTO Urho Konttori.

We check out Zappar’s two-day AR Pioneers event, explore hardware and software announcements, and see recent experiences with Angry Birds and LEGO.

The Immersive Learning Research Network (iLRN) held its seventh conference consisting of over 100 sessions and over 37 hours of presentations.

We talk with Holoride CEO and Co-founder Nils Wollny about their recent funding round, going on the blockchain, the future of transportation, and more.

The hour-long remote event featured PhotonLens executives showcasing use cases and new technical specifications for the glasses set to ship this winter.

We talk with 8th Wall’s VP of Product, Tom Emrich, about Release 16, the IAB Augmented Reality Board, Tetavi integration, and working with Carolina Herrera.

Representatives of Unity, 8th Wall, Holo-Light, Media Monks, and Sunrise International share their insights and predictions on changing XR markets.

Virbela uses spatialized audio, creative avatars, intuitive controls, and a hardware-agnostic app to bring telepresence to individuals and organizations.

This year’s VR/AR Association Global Summit included exciting announcements and premiers and discussions about tech convergence and the metaverse.

ARPost looks at remote events from the last year and talks with event organizers and platform providers about what the future looks like from here.