JOAN O’HARA INTERVIEWS BRITTAN HELLER FOR FPF’S PRIVACY PAPERS FOR POLICYMAKERS EVENT
Last week, Joan O’Hara, XRA’s Senior Director of Public Policy, interviewed Brittan Heller as part of the Future of Privacy Forum’s Privacy Papers for Policymakers. Recently, Ms. Heller wrote Reimagining Reality: Human Rights and Immersive Technology for Harvard Kennedy School’s Carr Center for Human Rights Policy. The paper discusses the human rights implications of immersive […]
BPC-XRA FUTURE OF XR PROJECT
The XR Association (XRA) is pleased to announce that we have partnered with the Bipartisan Policy Center on a new initiative to examine the impact of XR technologies on society. The Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) is a nonprofit organization that combines the best ideas from both political parties to promote health, security, and opportunity for […]
XR COMMUNITY WEBINAR BY XRA: Introducing the NIST XR Community Interest (COI)
The XR Association held a webinar with the National Institute for Standards & Technology (NIST) about their Extended Reality Community of Interest and the work they do in augmented (AR), mixed (MR), and virtual reality (VR) to support first responders. On January 27 at 2:00 p.m. (ET), NIST and XRA discussed: A brief overview of […]
XRA CEO LIZ HYMAN AUTHORS OP-ED ENCOURAGING INCOMING BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO SOLVE POLICY CHALLENGES
Liz Hyman, CEO of XRA, in an op-ed printed in The Hill newspaper, “Biden should bet on virtual and augmented reality to ‘build back better,’” encourages the incoming Biden Administration to invest in the XR industry and to “put science and technology at the center of the national conversation on how we build back better.” […]
XRA HIGHLIGHTS HOW XR CAN ASSIST AGING, UNDERSERVED POPULATIONS IN HHS FILING
The XR Association filed comments with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services in response to its Request for Information on the use of novel technologies to reach aging, underserved populations. In its comments, the XR Association highlights how virtual, augmented, and mixed reality solutions can support healthcare practitioners in diagnosing, treating and monitoring […]
XRA ANNOUNCES PLAN FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION
Liz Hyman, CEO of the XR Association (XRA), recently published a paper in conjunction with the Day One Project urging the incoming Biden Administration to utilize XR technologies to support workforce development. The paper, titled “Transforming Workforce Training Through Federal Leadership in XR Technology,” recommends that the federal government partner with industry to achieve two […]
XRA, OTHER TECH TRADES CALL FOR RESTRAINT ON NEW EXPORT CONTROL MEASURES
Today, The XR Association (XRA) led the effort, garnering the support of 18 industry associations representing virtual reality, additive manufacturing, semiconductor design, computer storage, ecommerce platforms, social media, automotive production, and telecommunications to submit comments in response to proposed rulemaking from the U.S. Department of Commerce on foundational technologies. This coalition of associations representing the […]
COVID-19 RESOURCES
A MESSAGE FROM LIZ HYMAN, XRA CEO The COVID-19 pandemic is drawing unprecedented attention to virtual reality and related immersive technologies, such as augmented and mixed reality, that fall under the “x-reality” or “XR” umbrella. As social distancing mandates heighten reliance on telecommunications, The Telegraph has declared that “coronavirus is offering virtual reality a second life” and Forbes has […]
XR ASSOCIATION NAMES JOAN O’HARA SENIOR DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the XR Association (XRA), the trade association representing the technology manufacturers that power the virtual, augmented, and mixed reality industries, named Joan O’Hara its Senior Director of Public Policy. O’Hara joins XRA from Booz Allen Hamilton where she served as a Principal and Director of Government Relations Policy, creating strategies for […]