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The XR industry’s most prestigious awards recognized leading projects in artificial intelligence, spatial computing, augmented reality, and enterprise applications.
Qualcomm, Abbott, and VR Cave emerged as the winners of the Best in Show, while the Nextant Awards honored two influential figures in the immersive ecosystem.
While Snap, Google, XREAL, and Apple continue to capture headlines with their smart glasses and consumer spatial computing strategies, Canon arrived at AWE 2026 with a different message: the enterprise market remains one of the strongest segments in the XR industry.
Aura is not just another AR headset. It is proof that spatial computing still requires compromises. It reveals something much more important: the gap that still exists between the vision of all-day smart glasses and what current technology can actually deliver.
AWE 2026 may be remembered as the moment when spatial computing stopped feeling like a distant promise and began taking shape as a consumer product.
Today, June 15, 2026, the extended reality (XR) industry turns its attention to Long Beach, California, where AWE USA 2026 (Augmented World Expo), widely regarded as one of the world's most important gatherings for immersive technologies, officially begins.
The Festival of International Virtual & Augmented Reality Stories returns to Toronto from June 15–19 with world premieres, interactive experiences, and a strong lineup of virtual reality, augmented reality, and spatial storytelling projects.
Apple unveiled major updates for Vision Pro during WWDC26 on June 8th, expanding the capabilities of Apple Intelligence within visionOS and strengthening the integration between its spatial computing headset and the iPhone ecosystem.
The acquisition of the spatial augmented reality company comes as Snap accelerates development of its future AR glasses, known as Specs.
Monako Glass is betting on a new category of wearables by combining Linux, artificial intelligence, and spatial computing in a pair of smart glasses built for developers.
With WWDC26 just one week away, the XR industry is watching closely for visionOS updates, AI-powered spatial computing features, and clues about the future of Apple Vision Pro.
Apple has released its most ambitious sports production to date: an immersive documentary filmed with more than 30 cameras during Real Madrid’s 2025 season, available free for Apple Vision Pro users
The immersive experience KATÁBASIS, directed by Ugo Arsac, has won the Best Immersive Work award at the Immersive Competition of the Festival de Cannes 2026.
La Croisette is once again looking beyond the traditional screen. From May 12 to May 22, the 2026 Cannes Film Festival is hosting a new edition of its official immersive competition, the section dedicated to some of the world’s most innovative virtual reality, mixed reality, and XR installation prod
Google officially confirmed at Google I/O 2026 what the industry had anticipated for months: Android XR smart glasses developed alongside Samsung, Qualcomm, Gentle Monster, Warby Parker, and Xreal, with a launch scheduled for September 2026.
Diego Vega, director of VRO Films, breaks down the production pipeline behind the studio’s most ambitious immersive documentary yet, from a lightweight Canon R5 C dual-fisheye rig to a WebXR-based distribution workflow designed to make professional VR180 content easier to access across headsets.
The virtual reality industry continues to split into two increasingly distinct paths. On one side are standalone devices designed for web distribution, closed ecosystems, and autonomous experiences. On the other are PCVR headsets focused on maximum visual fidelity, simulation, and high-end gaming.
Mark Zuckerberg announced the next edition of Meta Connect 2026 through his social media channels, confirming the event will take place on September 23 and 24 in Menlo Park, California.
AWE’s 2026 Art Festival selection points to a more mature phase for XR, where immersive documentaries, interactive stories and sensory experiences are beginning to form a real production language.
One of the latest examples was published on May 6, 2026, in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. The study examined how virtual reality can help autistic individuals prepare for interactions with law enforcement.
A new adaptive WebXR architecture is helping ZeusXR move high-resolution VR180 and VR360 video closer to the performance standards expected from native XR applications.
A recent report by TechRadar on the use of Apple Vision Pro in ocular surgery has brought renewed attention to a practice that did not begin in 2026, but has been developing since at least late 2025.
Job listings from Google’s XR team are revealing something more meaningful than any teaser: a full infrastructure under construction. Not a standalone product, but the foundation of a platform aiming to unify the fragmented extended reality ecosystem.
Artificial intelligence is no longer just generating images. It is beginning to construct spaces.
For years, the conversation around extended reality has been dominated by hardware. New headsets, lighter glasses, sharper displays and more powerful chips have often defined the public narrative. But the international XR calendar for 2026 suggests a deeper shift is underway.
Blackmagic Design’s new URSA Cine Immersive 100G points directly at that bottleneck. The company presents it as the world’s first immersive cinema camera designed for live immersive production, with 100G Ethernet, SMPTE ST 2110 output and support for the optional Blackmagic URSA Live Encoder
The most prestigious immersive festival in the world wants your work. Format is open — 180, 360, MV-HEVC, Apple Immersive, generative XR. Submission window closes in two weeks.
The most prestigious immersive festival in the world wants your work. Format is open — 180, 360, MV-HEVC, Apple Immersive, generative XR. Submission window closes in two weeks.
Two infrastructure heavyweights, one announcement, one promise: Apple Immersive Video that streams live, end-to-end, with broadcast-grade reliability. The plumbing is finally arriving.
Two infrastructure heavyweights, one announcement, one promise: Apple Immersive Video that streams live, end-to-end, with broadcast-grade reliability. The plumbing is finally arriving.
The URSA Cine Immersive 100G ships in Q3 at $26,495. Two 8K×8K RGBW sensors, 16 stops of dynamic range, and a 100-gigabit pipeline that finally makes broadcast-grade spatial video viable in real time.
Apple stops being the only studio shipping Apple Immersive Video. The opening to top-tier broadcasters is the most consequential strategic move on Vision Pro since launch.
Apple stops being the only studio shipping Apple Immersive Video. The opening to top-tier broadcasters is the most consequential strategic move on Vision Pro since launch.
Two new frames, Blayzer and Scriber, ship at $499 starting April 14. The point isn't a spec bump. It's that Meta wants smart glasses to be your only pair.
Two new frames, Blayzer and Scriber, ship at $499 starting April 14. The point isn't a spec bump. It's that Meta wants smart glasses to be your only pair.
Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive cameras will capture the most-watched space launch since Apollo. The footage ships to Vision Pro. The implications go far beyond NASA.
Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive cameras will capture the most-watched space launch since Apollo. The footage ships to Vision Pro. The implications go far beyond NASA.
An internal email leaked the shutdown date. Andrew Bosworth reversed it on X. Behind the U-turn: $73 billion in Reality Labs losses since 2021 and a company quietly migrating its metaverse to mobile.
An internal email leaked the shutdown date. Andrew Bosworth reversed it on X. Behind the U-turn: $73 billion in Reality Labs losses since 2021 and a company quietly migrating its metaverse to mobile.
The fifth-generation Specs are Snap's first true consumer AR product, and Niantic Spatial is the first launch partner. Peridot Beyond ships day one. The question is whether "lightweight" really means lightweight.
The fifth-generation Specs are Snap's first true consumer AR product, and Niantic Spatial is the first launch partner. Peridot Beyond ships day one. The question is whether "lightweight" really means lightweight.
The KHR_gaussian_splatting extension lands in glTF, the de facto standard for 3D web content. It's the moment 3DGS stops being a research toy and starts being a delivery format.
The KHR_gaussian_splatting extension lands in glTF, the de facto standard for 3D web content. It's the moment 3DGS stops being a research toy and starts being a delivery format.
Spectrum and Apple flipped the switch on the first sustained live immersive sports broadcast. Lakers games started streaming on January 9. The format is rough but the precedent is durable.
Spectrum and Apple flipped the switch on the first sustained live immersive sports broadcast. Lakers games started streaming on January 9. The format is rough but the precedent is durable.