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XRDC 2018 Program to Span ‘Beat Saber’ Game and Insights from Volkswagen, Boeing, Lowe’s, Google, Microsoft, and Unity

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- XRDC, the premier conference for augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR) innovation, announces new sessions for its 2018 event taking place October 29-30 in San Francisco, CA. The XRDC 2018 program aims to inspire designers and developers with AR, VR & MR possibilities and provide practical solutions for design, technical and business challenges. Sessions will highlight groundbreaking XR innovations such as the viral success of the VR game ‘Beat Saber’ and Volkswagen’s use of AR to navigate factories.

XRDC will take place October 29-30 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, CA. To register, please visit xrdconf.com 

"We are excited for our audience to hear about such a wide range of new and interesting applications for AR, VR, and MR that will be discussed at XRDC, as well as the rapid technology innovation in the XR space," said Katie Stern, General Manager, XRDC and GDC. "This year's programming focuses on inspiring applications and success stories, provides practical education about the latest technologies, techniques, and trends, and offers unrivalled networking with industry leaders."

XRDC 2018 will showcase a new generation of real world, practical XR solutions with mass market appeal for education, training, healthcare and innovative use cases across industries. This year’s program will explore various forms of XR, including Boeing’s combined use of AR and VR for training, MR solutions for medical procedures and design, as well as technical talks from leading technology companies and AR/VR startups.

A few of this year’s session highlights include:

XR Design

Games & Entertainment

Enterprise Training & Education

Healthcare

Automotive

For more information about this year's XRDC program, please visit:  schedule.xrdconf.com/list

To register for a media pass, please visit: xrdconf.com/media/

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About XRDC XRDC, brought to you by the organizers of the Game Developers Conference (GDC), is the premier conference for augmented, virtual, and mixed reality innovators. Following five successful editions of Virtual Reality Developers Conference (VRDC), XRDC was developed to meet the growing demand for high-quality content in the space and encompass the rich diversity of immersive experiences. Programming reflects augmented, virtual and mixed reality applications, in a variety of industries spanning games, entertainment, healthcare, education, training, industrial design, brand experience and more. XRDC will take place October 29-30, 2018 at the Westin St. Francis Hotel in San Francisco, CA. To learn more and to register, visit: www.xrdconf.com

XRDC is organized by UBM, which in June 2018 combined with Informa PLC to become a leading B2B information services group and the largest B2B Events organizer in the world. To learn more and for the latest news and information, visit  www.ubm.com  and  www.informa.com

CONTACT: XRDC PR xrdcpr@ubm.com

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