Industrial VR/AR Forum Experiences Dynamic Growth, More Than Doubles in Year Two

Industrial VR/AR Forum Experiences Dynamic Growth, More Than Doubles in Year Two

The second annual Industrial VR/AR Forum took place February 25 - 26 at The Westin Galleria Houston, setting itself apart as the premier event for industrial, energy and engineering immersive tech leaders. The event exceeded all expectations, more than doubling in size from its inaugural year, both in physical space and in participation by exhibitors, sponsors, speakers and attendees.

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Strong Lineup of Energy XR End Users and Demos Announced for the 2nd Annual Industrial VR/AR Forum

Strong Lineup of Energy XR End Users and Demos Announced for the 2nd Annual Industrial VR/AR Forum

The second annual Industrial VR/AR Forum, taking place February 25 - 26 at The Westin Galleria Houston, has updated its agenda to include new sessions and exciting announcements. Several impactful sessions feature leading energy XR end users. 

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Interview with Josh Ruben, Co-Founder of Z3VR

Interview with Josh Ruben, Co-Founder of Z3VR

Last month, our Executive Director Sean Guerre, met with Josh Ruben, co-founder of Z3VR and executive director of ION XR Lab. 

What he found was Josh and his team are doing impressive work in the world of immersive tech. They are not only developing XR programs within the health and wellness field, but also driving an initiative to bring a greater understanding of the unlimited applications and solutions XR can bring to the industrial table here in Houston.

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Interview with Lori-Lee Elliot, Founder of Future Site AR

Interview with Lori-Lee Elliot, Founder of Future Site AR

XR innovators in Houston, an emerging immersive tech hub, are continuing to explore and address operational challenges seen in energy and industrial operations.

Industrial VR/AR Forum director, Sean Guerre, recently connected with one of these early innovators, Lori-Lee Elliott, Founder of Future Sight AR, to discuss her new projects, the grant they won from Magic Leap and the state of Industrial XR adoption.


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Emergency Response Virtual Reality (VR) Training Module Ready to Help Prepare Natural Gas Field Personnel for Leak Calls

Emergency Response Virtual Reality (VR) Training Module Ready to Help Prepare Natural Gas Field Personnel for Leak Calls

A new virtual reality (VR) training module for natural gas leak emergency first responders is now available for use by the industry. With development funding from Operations Technology Development (OTD), GTI worked with PIXO VR to develop the training to better prepare utility personnel to be more effective and efficient with identifying and responding to hazardous conditions.

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Why Virtual Reality Will Not Scale for Enterprise Training!

Why Virtual Reality Will Not Scale for Enterprise Training!

Did this capture your attention? There is clearly a lot of excitement and investment to use Virtual Reality within the Enterprise to improve worker performance and reduce operational costs. Superdata (thanks Stephanie Llamas!) recently issued a report that stated that 71% of the $5.1B spent in 2018 on VR was related to training applications (https://www.superdataresearch.com/xr-training/).

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Intelligent Automation/RPA, an Interview with Mat Podskarbi

Intelligent Automation/RPA, an Interview with Mat Podskarbi

Our team wanted to catch up with Mat Podskarbi, president of FourPointZero, before his panel during our WorkforceNEXT Energy Summit on April 18. There has been much talk surrounding RPA technology’s uses, challenges and what it can do to improve the connected workforce. We were excited to hear more about its applications and how it can help enhance, not replace, the human workforce.

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