IDSC is actively seeking proposals for the 2026–2027 Faculty XR Awards! We encourage researchers interested in AR and VR technology to submit their ideas. This initiative will pair faculty with a team of XR developers to design, develop, or prototype an XR application that enhances teaching, research, or creative scholarship. Read more “Call For Proposals: 2026-2027 Faculty XR Awards”
Miami XR 2026 was two unforgettable days of discovery, connection, and creativity. The XR community explored groundbreaking research, heard inspiring talks, tried hands-on demos, participated in interactive sessions, and was inspired by keynote speakers and lively after-hours events. Read more “Miami XR 2026 2/12-13: Where Innovation Met Imagination”
Registration is now CLOSED. We are at capacity. Miami XR is back! Join us in Miami for two unforgettable days of discovery, connection, and creativity. Reconnect with the XR community while exploring groundbreaking research, inspiring talks, hands-on demos, interactive session, keynote speakers, and lively after-hours events. Read more “Miami XR 2026: 2/12+13 Registration Now Closed”
Did you miss Miami XR 2025? Watch all the Day 1 and Day 2 videos, now posted on YouTube and check out the Photo Gallery.
Read more “Catch the Replay: Miami XR 2025 Photo Gallery + Videos—now on YouTube”
This article by FORBES Magazine looks at how “virtual and mixed reality are transforming how students learn. From exploring the insides of a Roman battlefield and dissecting a human heart in 3D to walking on the surface of Mars, VR/MR technologies [are enabling] the creation of immersive experiences that enhance learning beyond what is possible in the physical world.” Read more “FORBES: Meta for Education Brings XR Experiences to any Classroom”
Following its recent “XR Prize Challenge: Fight Climate Change” awards ceremony, AWE (Augmented World Expo) continues to discuss how AR and VR can combat climate change at its Meetup event AWE Nite NYC on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, at 5:00-6:00 PM ET. Read more “AWE Nite NYC Showcases Contest Winners Featuring Kim Grinfeder 6/27”
With industry-leading immersive capabilities, the Magic Leap 2 device offers countless new opportunities for developers to create immersive applications that bring the metaverse to life, according to panelists at a pre-release developer event hosted by the University of Miami Institute for Data Science and Computing (IDSC). Read more “Catch the Replay of the Magic Leap 2 Developer Event”
What will the future of your field look like? XR applications (virtual, augmented, mixed, and spatial reality) have been continuously evolving, leading to discoveries in several areas. In order to promote XR scholarship and innovation on campus, the 2022-23 XR Award will pair you with a team of XR developers to design and develop or prototype an XR app that will further your teaching, research, or creative scholarship. We are looking for creative, innovative, and promising ideas across a range of disciplines. This award sponsors work that will lead to new research and will help maximize XR’s potential across the arts, business, healthcare, humanities, natural sciences & engineering, and social sciences.
The application to participate in UMXR 2022-23 will require a letter of intent (LOI) that is due on September 23rd, 2022. Funding is available for up to ten applications with a ceiling of $10,000,00 dollars per application.
Learn much more about the process here.