Big XR News from Apple, Meta, Network Rail, and Igloo Vision
Event season is coming up. It appears that in the background, several XR leaders are continuing to drive innovation across end devices. Moreover, the education sector appears to be another growing...
View ArticlePeterman Brothers Scale International XR Training Initiative
Today, Interplay Learning announced a strategic partnership with Peterman Brothers’ Heating, Cooling, Plumbing, and Electrical divisions to distribute immersive learning services to ten Peterman...
View ArticleWill Google I/O Take Over XR & Spatial Computing?
Tomorrow, Google’s I/O conference is poised to showcase its latest updates concerning its extensive technology portfolio. From smartphones to AI, Google is very much positioned in the enterprise...
View ArticleIs this the First EU Country to Enter the Metaverse?
The official Welsh governmental tourism board has debuted a browser-based Metaverse experience to promote the region’s cultural destinations ahead of a traveller’s journey. According to the Welsh...
View ArticleGoogle, HP Launches XR Video Conferencing Solution for 2025
Yesterday, HP partnered with Google to revive the latter’s immersive video conferencing solution from its development stages, Project Starline, just in time for I/O 2024. The device was initially...
View ArticleYou’re Invited: Join Us to Celebrate Excellence at XR Awards 2024
XR Today invites the extensive immersive industry to join XR Awards 2024 for its yearly online showcase event, which will broadcast live on Thursday, May 23 2024, at 4 PM BST/11 AM EST. The XR Awards...
View ArticleWonderland Engine to Enhance WebXR Enterprise Solutions
This week, Wonderland Engine—a service for powering hardware agnostic web XR solutions—is entering version 1.2.0, a fresh update that improves development cycles for AR/VR/MR experiences across various...
View ArticleXR Awards 2024 Winners
The XR Awards 2024 are over. This year, the event honoured the top achievers in XR innovation for enterprise clients. XR Today and a distinguished panel of industry expert judges announced the winners...
View ArticleMicrosoft Retains HoloLens 2 Commitment in 2024
Microsoft released a new Hololens 2 MR headset update this month, marking the device’s first significant enhancement in 2024 with the debut of Windows Holographic v24H1. While Microsoft has released...
View ArticleHas LG Shut Down its Meta Partnership?
Recently, reports from South Korea have cast doubt on the current technology partnership between Meta and LG Electronics. Following a fruitful start, the publication Korea JoongAng Daily reports that...
View ArticleXR Leaders Speak on the State of Meta, Apple, and Unity
Watch on YouTube. In this episode of the Big XR News show, Rory Greener, Tech Journalist, XR Today, welcomes some of XR’s top analysts to talk about the latest news from across the industry. Our...
View ArticleXR Healthcare Market will be Worth $19.6 billion by 2033
This week, Dimension Market Research released a report highlighting future growth forecasts for the augmented and virtual reality market in healthcare. The report notes a significant acceleration in...
View ArticleMicrosoft and Meta Partner to Take on Apple Vision Pro
This week at Microsoft Build, Pavan Davuluri, the firm’s Corporate Vice President of Windows and Devices, announced a fresh partnership with Meta to debut a volumetric workspace for the Quest...
View ArticleLiverpool City uses VR in £100m Baltic Merseyrail Construction Project
The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority recently outlined a plan to introduce the new Liverpool Baltic Merseyrail station, ready for use in 2027. The Metro Mayor Steve Rotheram introduced the...
View ArticleBig XR News from Microsoft, LG, Brainstorm, and Merseyrail
Next month, Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference 2024 (WWDC) and Augmented World Expo 2024 (AWE) are set to shake up the enterprise XR space. At WWDC 2024, Apple may reveal international release...
View ArticleSpatial Learning: The New Frontier in Corporate Education
Spatial computing is 2024’s hot tech topic. Alongside emerging technology drivers like genAI, spatial computing solutions—including AR/VR/MR technologies—are changing the workplace today. Vendors and...
View ArticleVirtualware’s Expansion into the U.S. Market
Watch on YouTube. XR Today’s Rory Greener hosts John A Cunningham, President of Virtualware USA to discuss the new position and Virtualware’s US expansion. What the move means for the growth of the...
View ArticleAre Digital Twins Changing the Mining Industry?
Recently, fresh reports from the international mining industry have highlighted how IGO exploration site workers will soon be able to leverage VR visualisations to explore location-specific subsurface...
View ArticleMicrosoft Axes More HoloLens Employees
This week, Microsoft announced significant layoffs accounting for roughly 1,000 positions in its HoloLens and Azure Cloud divisions. This puts into question the firm’s development of HoloLens 2...
View ArticleZoom to Become XR Solutions Provider?
This week, Zoom CEO Eric Yuan announced various upcoming features and considerations for the next evolution of the famed video conferencing software. Like others in the field, Zoom is taking a...
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