The ISE Reporter Roundtable explored immersive tech in action with a panel of four innovators who are shaping the field of extended reality. The panellists shared real-life applications to demonstrate how the XR medium is transforming the worlds of sport, healthcare, events, and broadcast.

XR has developed in leaps and bounds over this past year, yet there is still more to come. Raffaella Camera, who formerly drove XR strategy at Accenture, gave an informed insight into trends within the VR and AR markets, and offered predictions about the sectors that are set to benefit most from these technologies.

In conversation with moderator Már Másson Maack, Andy Lurlin of venture capital company LUMO Labs highlighted companies that are looking to change the worlds of training, advertising, exercise and more with XR technologies.

XR in Today’s Reality culminated in a trio of Virtual Meets with panel members and attendees sharing their thoughts on the role of XR now and in the future.

Amelia Kallman, futurist, author and chair of ISE’s XR Summit, reviews some of the areas where virtual, augemented and mixed reality technologies are making their mark right now.

CEDIA Podcast – ‘XR Update’

Rich Green gives us the latest on XR in this mind-bending CEDIA podcast. What are the newest advances? What’s happening in the realms of brain-computer interfaces, haptics and audio? And most importantly, how will it impact your business?

“In the next two years, VR will come to the same stage that the smartphone was at in 2011, so we can definitely say VR is finally here to stay.”

“For a child, the opportunity to immerse themselves in VR is not thought of as a learning activity in itself, and this makes them more engaged and interested.”