VR/AR Association North America Colleges and Universities Committee Inaugural Meeting: Advancing XR in Higher Education with Meta and University of Miami

Thank you to Tom Merrick, Assistant Director of VR/AR Initiatives at the University of Miami for Chairing the VR/AR Association North America Colleges and Universities Committee and congratulations on your inaugural committee meeting! 

The purpose of this committee is to provide a forum for any college and university in North America to collaborate, conduct joint research, identify and collaborate on grants and to figure out how to accelerate adoption of XR across higher education!

Our first guest speaker was Matthew Sanders, Education and VR Director at Meta who shared with the audience how Meta is preparing to help colleges and universities implement and scale XR with their Meta for Education services.

Matthew shared that they would like to see organizations like the VRARA and institutions like the University of Miami leading these types of initiatives where Meta can learn and support the members!

Thank you Matthew, we look forward to your continued involvement with the VRARA!

The University of Miami will be hosting their annual UMverse "Where Innovation Meets Imagination" conference On February 6&7.

Join industry experts such as Matthew Sanders from Meta, Daniel O'Brien from HTC Vice and John Cunningham from Virtualware along with many other tech visionaries, artists, and university scholars from around the globe in exploring the latest trends and innovations in XR technology.

For more info on UMverse click here:

https://xr.miami.edu/miami-xr-2025/index.html