VRAR Chicago

Connecting the #VirtualReality and #AugmentedReality community in Chicago!

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

Erin Hawley is a freelance #accessibility and #disability consultant who has worked with companies like Microsoft, Logitech, Adobe, and PlayStation to play-test products and ensure disability is properly represented. She is also the Editorial Manager at Easterseals. #AR #VR #XR

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The Next Evolution of the internet is spatial.

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

Neil Trevett is VP of Developer Ecosystems at NVIDIA & President of Khronos Group, where he drives the adoption of open standards & developer technologies for 3D graphics, AI, & immersive media. Most recently, he founded and serves as President of the Metaverse Standards Forum.

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

Excited to have Patrick O'Shaughnessey

AWE Nite Chicago
The Next Evolution of Open Spatial Internet
Wednesday | May 6th | 5:30-8:30 PM
2112 Creative Industries Incubator
4245 North Knox Ave

@patchedreality

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The next evolution of the internet is spatial.

Free to Attend | AWE Nite Chicago
The Next Evolution of Open Spatial Internet
Wednesday | May 6th | 5:30-8:30 PM
2112 Creative Industries Incubator
4245 North Knox Ave

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

Sean Mann, Founder & CEO of RP1, is a visionary leader with 25 years of entrepreneurial & technology expertise. He serves on the board of the Metaverse Standards Forum and leads the Open Metaverse Browser Initiative (OMBI). #Spatial @rp1browser @seangmann
https://t.co/5W20OOcZfB

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The Hidden Barrier to Medical XR, It Is Not Clinical Proof

Medical XR does not fail because the outcomes are unclear, it fails because no one owns the decision. You need...

#TheNextEvolution #HealthTech #XR #DigitalHealth

@ARealityEvent @2112chi @XRWomenGlobal

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The Cool VR Demo That Dies on a Shelf

Healthcare does not reward novelty, it punishes friction. If immersive tech costs more than the current standard...

#TheNextEvolution #DigitalHealth #MedTech #XR

@ARealityEvent @2112chi @XRWomenGlobal

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The VR Problem in Healthcare Is Not the Tech, It Is First Contact

Healthcare adoption is not stalled by headsets, it is stalled by persuasion economics.

#TheNextEvolution #HealthTech #VirtualReality #DigitalHealth

@ARealityEvent @2112chi @XRWomenGlobal

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The VR Healthcare Boom Was Not an Accident, It Was an Operational Decision

VR in healthcare did not take off because the tech got cooler, it took off because leaders...

#TheNextEvolution #DigitalHealth #MedTech #VRTraining

@ARealityEvent @XRWomenGlobal @2112chi

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The Hidden Tax of "Quick" Funding

Bootstrapping isn’t the hard part, it is the discipline. You can ship a real product fast, land national distribution, and still

#TheNextEvolution #HealthTech #XR #MedEd

@ARealityEvent @2112chi @XRWomenGlobal

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The Dirty Secret of VR Adoption: Your Users Stop Blinking

If your headset strategy ignores physiology, your retention curve will collapse.

#TheNextEvolution #DigitalHealth #XR #MedTech

@ARealityEvent @2112chi @XRWomenGlobal

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The Hidden Bottleneck in Medical XR, Hardware Nobody Wants to Wear

Immersive health tech does not fail in the operating room, it fails on the face.

#TheNextEvolution #HealthTech #MedTech #XR

@ARealityEvent @2112chi @XRWomenGlobal

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The Real Risk in Smart Glasses: Letting AI Stay Blind

AI glasses are about to turn your internal monologue into an always on interface. The jump is not voice commands, it is contextual AI...

#TheNextEvolution #HealthTech #MedTech #XR

@ARealityEvent @2112chi @XRWomenGlobal

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The Dirty Secret of Virtual Try On: Accuracy Is a Medical Outcome

Virtual try on fails the moment it treats every face like a flat photo and every frame like a filter.

#TheNextEvolution #HealthTech #XR #DigitalHealth

@2112chi @ARealityEvent @XRWomenGlobal

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The Next Evolution of Medical Technology Is Not AI First, It Is Vision First

Immersive care breaks down when the clinician cannot see clearly through the device.

#TheNextEvolution #DigitalHealth #MedTech #XR

@ARealityEvent @2112chi @XRWomenGlobal

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

Speed Without Metrics Is How XR Pilots Die

Universities that pride themselves on innovation often deploy immersive tech faster than they can measure it.

#TheNextEvolution #HealthTech #XR #DigitalHealth

@2112chi @ARealityEvent @XRWomenGlobal

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

Guidance Is the Real Product, Not the Headset

Most healthcare simulation platforms sell immersion. The real ROI comes from guidance that scales...

#TheNextEvolution #HealthTech #MedEd #XR
@ARealityEvent @2112chi @XRWomenGlobal

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The AI Instructor Is About to Break Medical Training

Medical simulation is capped by the same bottleneck: expert time. When training runs on a $300 headset and the coaching layer is AI...

#TheNextEvolution #DigitalHealth #XR #HealthTech
@ARealityEvent @2112chi @XRWomenGlobal

[VRAR Chicago @vrarchicago]

The Hidden Failure Mode of Medical VR: When Realism Makes Clinicians Quit

Medical simulation fails the moment the headset feels foreign, or the patient feels fake...

#TheNextEvolution #HealthTech #XR #MedicalTraining
@ARealityEvent @2112chi @XRWomenGlobal