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Epic Games Awarded Grants to 31 XR Projects in 2021 Through the $100M MegaGrants Fund

Road to VR

The projects range widely from games to simulation to education and more. BRUNNER Elektronik – Unreal Engine Integration for NOVASIM Flight Simulator. IMP – Interactive Media Production – VR Fire Safety Simulator. Western University – Using AR/VR to Improve Pediatric Surgical Patient’s Hospital Experience (Canada).

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Prepping for Virtual Surgery, with 8Chili’s Aravind Upadhyaya

XR for Business Podcast

Today, we're speaking with Aravind Upadhyaya, co-founder and CEO of 8chili, an Oakland, California based startup, bringing the dream of telesurgery to the real world. And that's what is missing in the cadavers or the existing VR simulators. There are complications, there are surprises that happen, like another surgeons encounter.

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Prepping for Virtual Surgery, with 8Chili’s Aravind Upadhyaya

XR for Business Podcast

Today, we're speaking with Aravind Upadhyaya, co-founder and CEO of 8chili, an Oakland, California based startup, bringing the dream of telesurgery to the real world. And that's what is missing in the cadavers or the existing VR simulators. There are complications, there are surprises that happen, like another surgeons encounter.

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Prepping for Virtual Surgery, with 8Chili’s Aravind Upadhyaya

XR for Business Podcast

Today, we're speaking with Aravind Upadhyaya, co-founder and CEO of 8chili, an Oakland, California based startup, bringing the dream of telesurgery to the real world. And that's what is missing in the cadavers or the existing VR simulators. There are complications, there are surprises that happen, like another surgeons encounter.

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10 Recent VR and AR Investments You Should Know About

VRScout

Although we are undeniably in the early adoption stages, the latest numbers from the International Data Corp. project worldwide VR/AR industry revenues to be $162B by 2020. Investors are certainly chasing after that future revenue. In the first half of 2016, the VR/AR industry saw $1.3B is excited about VR.

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The Pain of Empty Space, with SpatialFirst Co-Founder Emily Olman

XR for Business Podcast

She’s just finished serving as the VR/AR Association’s San Francisco chapter co-president from 2016 to 2019. But I think as we get towards the end of 2019, I think there’s some really exciting things that are gonna be happening. Emily is a regular speaker on immersive real estate technology, both in the US and abroad.

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The Pain of Empty Space, with SpatialFirst Co-Founder Emily Olman

XR for Business Podcast

She’s just finished serving as the VR/AR Association’s San Francisco chapter co-president from 2016 to 2019. But I think as we get towards the end of 2019, I think there’s some really exciting things that are gonna be happening. Emily is a regular speaker on immersive real estate technology, both in the US and abroad.