Press Release

Khronos To Host OpenXR Live: Seattle Meetup on September 12 for Developers and Innovators in XR Technology

Call for Submissions now open for lightning talks on using OpenXR for cutting-edge XR development

Beaverton, OR – June 26, 2024 – The Khronos® Group, an open consortium of industry-leading companies creating advanced interoperability standards for 3D graphics, XR, parallel programming, vision acceleration, and machine learning, will be hosting an in-person meetup and mixer in Seattle the evening of September 12, 2024.

The meetup will feature the latest updates on OpenXR™ implementations, applications, and ecosystem developments, as well as case studies from industry experts. Attendees will have the opportunity to exchange ideas, solve development challenges, and influence the future direction of OpenXR and the broader XR ecosystem.

Khronos has issued a public call for submissions to seek proposals for lightning talks and demos. The goal is to engage experts from the XR community to share their insights and experiences using OpenXR. The Call for Submissions is open today, and the deadline for submissions is July 31, 2024.

OpenXR is an open, royalty-free standard for access to XR platforms and devices. It enables the development of high-performance, cross-platform XR applications. Supported across a wide range of devices, from VR and AR headsets to mobile phones and PCs, OpenXR is driving the next generation of immersive experiences.

For more information about the OpenXR Live: Seattle Meetup or to submit a proposal, please visit OpenXR Live 2024. The deadline is July 31, 2024.

OpenXR Live 2024 is organized by the Khronos Group, the open, non-profit member-driven consortium that creates a wide range of advanced, royalty-free standards including OpenXR, Vulkan®, OpenGL®, and WebGL™.

About Khronos

The Khronos Group is an open, non-profit, member-driven consortium of over 180 industry-leading companies creating royalty-free, interoperability standards for 3D graphics, augmented and virtual reality, parallel computation, vision processing and machine learning. Khronos activities include 3D Commerce™, ANARI™, glTF™, NNEF™, OpenCL™, OpenGL®, OpenGL® ES, OpenVG™, OpenVX™, OpenXR™, SPIR-V™, SYCL™, Vulkan®, and WebGL™. Khronos members drive the development and evolution of Khronos specifications and are able to accelerate the delivery of cutting-edge platforms and applications through early access to specification drafts and conformance tests.

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