Where XR business Thrives! Since 2010 over 5,000 companies and 60,000 professionals have trusted Augmented World Expo® (AWE) to learn, connect and grow their business in the XR ecosystem. Join this inspiring community of XR professionals that brings together:
When and Where: June 11, 4:00 - 4:25pm in Room 101A
Description: As extended reality (XR) evolves, the convergence of 5G and edge computing is unlocking new possibilities for ultra-low-latency, high-performance experiences. OpenXR, the cross-platform open standard for VR, AR, and mixed reality development, has emerged as a cornerstone of the XR industry, enabling developers to create immersive experiences that transcend platforms and devices. OpenXR is pivotal in enabling interoperability and fostering innovation in this rapidly advancing ecosystem
In this session, members of the Khronos OpenXR Working Group, Mauricio Aracena Kovacevic, Past President of the VR Industry Forum and Standardization Manager at Ericsson, and Frederic Plourde, XR Lead at Collabora, will discuss how OpenXR facilitates collaboration between developers and vendors. They will explore the potential of 5G networks to power transformative XR use cases, such as holographic collaboration and advanced graphics by integrating edge computing into the architecture to offload processing from XR devices. Attendees will gain insights into how these advancements reduce energy consumption, improve efficiency, and redefine XR experiences across industries, from entertainment to enterprise. They will also discuss how OpenXR APIs evolution can/could contribute application development for developing XR cloud applications.
Speakers: Frédéric Plourde, Collabora; Mauricio Kovacevic, Ericsson
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When and Where: June 11, 4:30 - 5:25pm in Room 101A
Description: As 3D content pipelines expand to serve diverse applications in AR, VR, gaming, and the industrial metaverse, material definitions have become a critical focus for achieving asset interoperability, to make content once and use it everywhere. This panel, featuring members of the Khronos Group and the Metaverse Standards Forum, explores the evolving role of materials in bridging formats like glTF and USD. Experts will discuss the adoption and integration of technologies like MaterialX and OpenPBR to ensure consistent visual fidelity and streamlined workflows across tools and platforms. Attendees will gain insights into the challenges of standardizing material properties, the collaborative efforts underway to address them, and the roadmap for enabling a unified material ecosystem.
Speakers: Amra Tareen, ALL3D; Henrik Edstrom, Autodesk; Leonard Daly, Daly Realism;
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When and Where: June 11, 4:30 - 5:25pm in Room 102B
Description: For complex, highly configurable products like cars, boats, bicycles, or appliances, interactive 3D experiences are extremely effective tools to promote customizable features and drive sales. Fortunately, There are nearly always CAD, REVIT, DWG or other product engineering files available, so creating an interactive 3D rendering should be fairly straightforward, right? Not so fast. Transforming CAD source files into a 3D commerce experience can be a bumpy road. Source files are often disorganized, lacking hierarchy or even names. A single file often contains multiple variants. The artist needs to define materials, UV texture, and tessellation, while streamlining the model by removing hidden surfaces and small parts. Re-meshing is often required. What’s more, beyond these content creation challenges, you need to consider how to protect underlying IP; deliver an asset over the web that performs smoothly and doesn’t bog down end-user devices; and accurately and consistently represent the fine details and features that differentiate the product.
In this session, members of the Khronos 3D Commerce Working group will share key insights into the purpose and process of creating a 3D experience. We’ll unpack the work involved in transforming CAD files into a commerce-ready interactive product, including strategies for preventing design theft and optimizing assets for web delivery.
Speakers: Dan Frith, London Dynamics; Eric Chadwick, DGG; Paul Connelly, Bentley; Ashley Crowder, VNTANA
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When and Where: June 12, 1:00 - 1:55pm in Room 101B
Description: The future of 3D graphics has never been brighter. This year, new standard extensions for spatial asset capabilities are coming to glTF, the most widely used 3D asset format on the Web. As 3D assets themselves grow more versatile, AI tools and techniques on the horizon promise to accelerate asset creation and enable unprecedented scale.
In this session, experts from the Khronos 3D Formats and 3D Commerce Working Groups will explore how the glTF 3D asset format is evolving in 2025 to enable more portability and functionality, smoother scene-building, and interoperability, exploring newly created and in-progress format extensions for interactivity, audio, procedural textures, and more. Then, our panel of experts will look forward to examine next-generation rendering techniques such as Gaussian splatting and radiance fields. We’ll discuss what approaches are currently accelerating workflows, and what’s promising, but still gestating. This discussion will be an expert, interactive discussion of what’s new and next in 3D asset creation.
Speakers: Alexey Medvedev, Meta; Kaiser Pister, ALL3D; Laura Reznikov, Meta; Deia Green, Independent; Daniel Iborra, Bentley
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