Auggie Awards 2026: Google, Snap, and Spatial AI Lead AWE’s Biggest Awards
The XR industry’s most prestigious awards recognized leading projects in artificial intelligence, spatial computing, augmented reality, and enterprise applications.
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Festivals, conferences, product launches, industry showcases and creator events, including CES, NAB, IBC, AWE, WWDC, SIGGRAPH, Venice Immersive, SXSW and Sundance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.