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. 

In one keynote, Digital Twins and XR for the industrial & Energy Environment: Driving Tangible Benefits, Simon Evans, Associate Director, Digital Energy Leader with Arup, will discuss how digital twin and innovative data visualization tools are helping large-scale energy and engineering companies use XR to transform design, engineering and construction capabilities. 

There will be two major energy / engineering roundtables that include XR leaders from Chevron, ConocoPhillips, Schlumberger, Aggreko and Fluor. Other featured keynotes include speakers from Shell and ExxonMobil, who will be providing insight into their immersive programs.

The Forum additionally looks forward to hosting a live episode of the XR Showdown©, sponsored by ExxonMobil, which will be recorded and featured on Amazon Prime. The showdown is a unique competition created to connect the dots between education / interns, XR technology and the growing enterprise XR community. Future XR leaders will compete in five teams to create new XR solutions for sponsoring companies. 

The full agenda can be viewed here.

In addition to insightful sessions and programming this year, the Forum has expanded into a two-day event and now includes an Immersion Zone to demo the latest wearables, including VR goggles, AR glasses, haptic gloves, haptic suits and multi-collaborator stations. 

“After the inaugural Industrial VR/AR Forum, we soon realized there was a larger need within the industrial XR community to come together, share use cases and educate industrial leaders on the benefits of immersive technology than we originally thought,” said Sean Guerre, director of the Industrial VR/AR Forum. “We are truly thrilled and humbled at the amount of support we’ve received and are excited we could expand it in its second year for the community.” 

The Forum features leading XR exhibitors, sponsors and partners, including Sector 5 Digital, Circuit Stream, Immerse, Myriad Global Media, Paracosma, Taqtile, UrsaLeo, Cognitive3D, DiSTI, Free Range XR, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, HTX Labs, ITI VR, Kinemagic, PIXO VR, Shiny Box Interactive, Siemens Energy, TechLabs, Arvizio, SpringboardVR, Pico, Digital Twin Studios, Fieldbit, AR Insider, BIC Magazine, Gas Processing & LNG, Houston VR, Hydrocarbon Processing and the VR/AR Association.

Just a few companies who have recently registered teams and XR leaders to attend include Aggreko, Arup, Bechtel, Bosch, Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil, Fluor, GTI, Halliburton, Lockton, NPV Engineering, Plains All American, Schlumberger, Shell, Siemens, SNC- Lavalin, Solvay, U.S. Air Force, Wenck, Worley and many more.

The entire Industrial VR/AR Forum agenda and registration details are available at industrialvrarforum.com. 

Please note, the highly reduced rate for the hotel is only available through Friday, February 7. Those who are interested in participating should register and book rooms as soon as possible.