XRA Immersive Insights

On the final episode of our education-focused mini-series, "XR in the Classroom," XRA's Senior VP of Research and Best Practices Stephanie Montgomery speaks with Kaylee Brown, Manager of Innovation Development at Pearson, Paul DelSignore, Manager of Strategic Initiatives at Pearson and Joseph South, Chief Innovation Officer at ISTE about how XR can help to reduce education inequality. Their conver...

On this episode of our education focused mini-series, "XR in the Classroom," XRA's Senior VP of Research and Best Practices Stephanie Montgomery dives into what content developers and software engineers can do to create safe experiences fit for use in the classroom. She is joined by Harvey Wright, Seattle Public Schools Curriculum Specialist, and Melissa Oldrin, Senior Product Manager for Unity's...

Capping off our policy-focused mini-series, "Reality Check," XRA's Senior VP of Public Policy Joan O'Hara is joined by Adam Thierer, Senior Resident Fellow for Technology & Innovation at the R Street Institute. Joan and Adam discuss the domestic and foreign regulatory frameworks surrounding new technologies like XR, and what governments must do to allow innovation in this space to flourish. Tune i...

Continuing with our education-focused mini-series, "XR in the Classroom," XRA's Senior VP of Research and Best Practices Stephanie Montgomery is joined by immersive technology expert and CEO and Founder of ReframeXR, Jonathan Teske, and Senior Manager at HTC VIVE Taz Abbas. Jonathan and Taz discuss how XR technology is making a significant impact on learning in American schools and how immersive t...

Kicking off our education-focused mini-series, "XR in the Classroom," XRA's Senior VP of Research and Best Practices Stephanie Montgomery is joined by Tommy Truong, President of Great Lakes Reality Labs, Ashleigh Moro, a special education transition teacher certified in cognitive impairments, autism-spectrum disorders and secondary English, as well as Jenna Kogut, an instruction coach in special e...

On this episode of our policy-focused mini-series, "Reality Check," XRA's CEO Elizabeth Hyman fills in for Joan O'Hara to explore how a modern and diverse workforce can contribute to U.S. competitiveness globally. Liz joins Chike Aguh, the Former Chief Innovation Officer at the U.S. Department of Labor along with Bharanidharan Rajakumar, CEO of the VR workforce training company Transfr. Their disc...

Continuing with our policy-focused mini-series, "Reality Check," XRA's Senior VP of Public Policy Joan O'Hara is joined by Senior Director for Foreign Policy at the Special Competitive Studies Project Joe Wang. As lawmakers recognized in the CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, United States leadership in technology cannot be taken for granted. There is intense competition underway – and U.S. allies and...

Kicking off our policy focused mini-series, "Reality Check," XRA's Senior VP of Public Policy Joan O'Hara is joined by Susan Aaronson and Adam Zable of George Washington University's Digital Trade and Data Governance Hub to discuss an upcoming whitepaper jointly authored by XRA and GWU. Susan and Adam discuss what it will take for nations to successfully lead on XR technology and the development o...

On this inaugural episode, "Views of XR from a Historic Futurist" XRA's CEO Elizabeth Hyman is joined by renowned nonfiction writer Steven Johnson to discuss the evolution of immersive technologies and their future, as the technology continues to power new innovations across industries. Steven shares insights from his 2016 book, Wonderland , and how his perspective around augmented, virtual and mi...