Top Ten Announcements from this year's VR/AR Global Summit

Forbes has written that our Global Summit is “one of the year’s most anticipated conferences”. Well, having travelled to Vancouver for the 2nd edition this year I was just blown away. From attendees to speakers to exhibitors, this gathering lives up to our mission of educating, connecting and promoting our ecosystem!

So without further todo here is my Top Ten list of announcements at #VRARGS

1. Lenovo launches their developer program for ThinkReality and A6 headset with inaugural workshop.

2. While Niantic couldn't make it official at the Summit and only hinted at some big news, you can see the results of their first Beyond Reality Developer Contest

3. XRSI's Enterprise Level Information Security Framework for the XR domain coming in Q1 2020.

4. Launch of the VRARA Women’s Committee with DC Chapter VP Sophia Moshasha and Global Summit Producer extraordinaire Anne-Marie Enns to helm it.

5. The Vancouver office of Microsoft introduce their in-house on-the-job training application for Hololens 2 that is fully-integrated with their Dynamics 365 CRM/ERP platform.

6. EPIC & VRARA sign MoU for industry collaboration on immersive hardware standards and advisory mandates.

7. Cathy Hackl joins Aurea Award Jury for immersive tech entertainment award at Europa Park in January.

8. 6D.ai to launch AR Cloud app on iOS. Register for with Apple Testflight to get beta access already

9. 8th Wall launch a brand new WebAR cloud editor and hosting web app.

10. World Bank showcase their immersive safety initiative for Latin American schools. Image below, but not official online links yet…

Jimmy Vainstein from the World Bank onstage

Updated: VRARA Public Safety & Emergency Response Committee Presented at Stanford

Seven participants of the VRARA Public Safety & Emergency Response Committee presented to several hundred industry professionals at the Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory on June 2nd. The focus was a 90 minute segment provided by Committee members and included content from various disciplines, all with the goal of VR/AR enhanced Next-Gen community risk reduction platforms for citizens and first responders. Co-Chair Kirk Mckinzie has been on federal out of state travel to receive a NIST Virtual Public Safety Test Environment Challenge grant award. 

See the presentation slides below: