ARVR POLICY CONFERENCE TO DISCUSS ACCESSIBILITY AND PRIVACY IN THE AUGMENTED WORKPLACE
Washington, D.C. – XRA and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host the sixth annual AR/VR Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, September 24, 2026, bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, and experts to examine the most pressing issues shaping immersive technology. A featured panel, “The Augmented Workplace: Balancing Accessibility, Workplace Opportunity, and […]
ARVR POLICY TO EXAMINE OPEN-SOURCE XR AS AMERICA’S NEW DIGITAL FRONTIER
Washington, D.C. – The XR Association (XRA) and the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) will host the sixth annual AR/VR Policy Conference on Thursday, September 24, 2026, at the AT&T Forum in Washington, D.C. The event brings together industry leaders, policymakers, academia, and researchers to explore the evolving policy landscape for immersive technologies. The opening panel, “Why Open-Source XR is America’s […]
XRA TO HOST COMMUNITY DISCUSSION ON AI GLASSES AND ACCESSIBILITY
Join the XR Association on Tuesday July 14, 2026 at 1:00 PM ET/10:00 AM PT for the latest in the Community Discussion series: AI Glasses: Empowering Disability and Reshaping Privacy webinar, a webinar featuring Andrew Eiche, CEO (Chief Executive Owl) of Owlchemy Labs and Avi Bar-Zeev, President of the XR Guild and RealityPrime (consulting), leaders […]
XRA OUTLINES SAFETY AND ACCESSIBILITY BENEFITS OF IMMERSIVE TECH IN RESPONSE TO NHTSA REQUEST
Today, the XR Association (XRA) submitted a formal response to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration’s (NHTSA) Information Collection Request on Novel Human-Machine Interface (HMI) Designs (Docket No. NHTSA-2024-0072). As vehicle automation continues to evolve, XRA’s response highlighted how the transition from traditional 2D dashboard screens to spatial, 3D interfaces represents a fundamental evolution in […]
HOW CAREERVIEWXR IS CLOSING THE CAREER AWARENESS GAP & PREPARING STUDENTS FOR THE FUTURE OF WORK
In high school gyms, football fields, and campuses across the country, commencement season is in full swing. Amid the caps and gowns, the celebrations, the tearful goodbyes and hopeful beginnings, graduates are quietly wrestling with the same question: what’s next? America’s graduates are stepping off the commencement stage and into a job market that feels […]
XRA’S CEO MODERATES PANEL ON AI AND XR’s CONVERGENCE AT SCSP AI+ EXPO
Washington D.C. – On May 8, XRA CEO Liz Hyman moderated, “How XR is Converging with AI to Power the Future of Human-Centered Computing” at the SCSP AI+ Expo. Hyman was joined by Dena Feldman, Meta, Andres Castrillon, Qualcomm, and James Green, Google, for a discussion on how artificial intelligence and extended reality are converging […]
XR ASSOCIATION JOINS 50+ BUSINESS ASSOCIATIONS APPLAUDING THE INTRODUCTION OF THE SECURE DATA ACT AND FEDERAL PRIVACY HARMONIZATION
April 2026 – This week, the XR Association (XRA) joined a broad coalition of business and technology organizations supporting the introduction of H.R. 8413, the “Securing and Establishing Consumer Uniform Rights and Enforcement Over Data Act” (“SECURE Data Act”). The bill marks a key step toward establishing a consistent national framework for data privacy. “As […]
XR ASSOCIATION PUBLISHES NEW GUIDE ON IMMERSIVE LEARNING IN SECONDARY EDUCATION
Today, the XR Association released a new document on the role of XR in secondary education. The paper, titled Making Sense of Immersive XR Learning in Secondary Instruction, explores the ways in which XR can be incorporated into classroom environments to support spatial reasoning, disciplinary thinking, academic discourse, and career-connected learning. While many educators are open to implementing these technologies, the […]
SIXTH ANNUAL AR/VR POLICY CONFERENCE TO CONVENE INDUSTRY LEADERS AND POLICYMAKERS IN WASHINGTON, D.C. ON SEPTEMBER 24, 2026
Washington, D.C. — The Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and the XR Association (XRA) will host the sixth annual AR/VR Policy Conference in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, September 24, 2026, bringing together policymakers, industry leaders, and experts to examine the most pressing issues shaping immersive technology. The conference will feature a series of expert […]
XRA CEO HIGHLIGHTS KEY POLICY AND LEGISLATIVE DEVELOPMENTS IN WASHINGTON, DC FOR XR, SIMULATION, AND AI
On April 15, 2026, Elizabeth Hyman, CEO of the XR Association, presented at the 4th Annual VRARA Central Florida Immersive Technology Summit, hosted by UCF and held at the Central Florida Tech Grove in Orlando. The event brought together government, military, industry, and academic leaders to focus on immersive technologies. The summit’s theme, “Mission-Ready Immersion – […]