Tag Archives: AR/VR events

Trends from “Digital Fashion, Content, Immersive Entertainment, and Storytelling” - the most recent session on metaverse technologies from the VR/AR Association.

Our coverage of the Augmented World Expo’s 13th annual Auggie Awards, including main categories, the two Best of Show categories, and the Awesome Award.

The final Auggies were awarded and the Expo floor was open, but much of the final day of AWE had more serious discussions, many on health and inclusion.

The second day of AWE is often overshadowed by the opening of the expo floor. But, that isn’t all that happened. Keynotes, a panel, a play, and much more.

Major announcements from Qualcomm, ThinkReality, and the CyberXR Coalition, Ori Inbar’s AWE opener, and insights from Unity, Blippar, XRA, and others.

A glance at some of the companies, speakers, panels, and events that will absorb our attention during this year’s AWE from June 1-3 in Santa Clara.

Snap Partner Summit highlights include an AR shopping optimized Camera Kit SDK, updates to Lens Studio and the Lens Network, and a partnership with LiveNation. And a drone.

AfroTech invited us to their two-day, all-virtual conference in Virbela to learn about metaverse, NFTs, creator economies, investment and education, and more.

Kavya Pearlman, Richard Foster-Fletcher, Carrie Valladares, Nikhil Malhotra, and Manal Siddiqui talked about safety and transparency in the metaverse.

Virbela’s event featured keynotes, guided tours, workshops, and panel discussions on the metaverse for work, including some big names in business and tech.

Industry experts weighed in on VR/AR technology, blockchain and decentralization, telecom, and all things metaverse in a two-day virtual event.

The Polys Awards recognize the experiences, creators, platforms, and tools populating the WebXR landscape. A busy year makes for an interesting Polys.

Topics included interoperability, blockchain and NFTs, Web3, artificial intelligence, and the ramifications of the metaverse on education and enterprise.

Data tracking, identity, and authentication, diversity and inclusion, mental health, policy and standards, all of this and more from XR Safety Week.

This year’s event announced updates to Lens Studio, new tools for developers, changes coming to Spectacles, the first-ever Lens Fest Awards, and more.

The annual VR Awards recognized experiences, companies, and individuals in thirteen categories and the coveted Accenture Lifetime Achievement Award.

This year’s Auggie Awards ceremony saw two new categories with winners including Microsoft, Google, Zappar, Hand Physics Lab, Breonna’s Garden, Snap, and Niantic.

Panels led by Dean Takahashi and Kavya Pearlman, and talks by Kent Bye, Hao Li, and Louis Cacciuttolo. All followed by Ori Inbar’s closing and the state of XR.

Takes on the metaverse from Bobby Murphy, Charlie Fink, Toni Parisi, Catherine D. Henry, and Kavya Pearlman, plus news from Blippar, Vuzix, and CareAR.

Qualcomm, Niantic, and 8th Wall announce metaverse builders, news from Chicken Waffle, and a talk on the role of NFTs and gaming in our virtual identities.