MN VR and HCI June 2026: New XR Hardware and Software

Project Aura Dev Jam – RJ White

XReal, Google and Qualcomm hosted the Project Aura Dev Jam the weekend before AWE. I was accepted, and I’ll share my impressions of the event, early development experience, and the hardware.

All The New XR Hardware and Software – Zach Wendt

It’s XR season! May and June brings Google I/O, Apple WWDC and AWE (Augmented World Expo.) I’ll summarize it all. AI is still grabbing the headlines, so you may have missed:

• True AR-capable glasses from both Snap and XReal/Google
• A new flagship XR chip from Qualcomm
• Major spatial OS and software features from Apple
• Several impressive new hardware demos from China
• Competition and innovation in Micro-OLED display glasses

Schedule:

• 6:30 Social and setup
• 7:00 Kickoff / announcements
• 7:15 RJ
• 7:45 Zach
• ~8:45 Tear-down, cross the sidewalk to Yardhouse

Attending and Parking:

This event will be in person at the REM5 STUDIOS new office in West End and the presentation will be streamed live at https://www.youtube.com/igdatc

Park underground and take the central red elevator to ground level, then cross the sidewalk. REM5 STUDIOS is across from Yardhouse. Map below.

About MN VR and HCI:

MN VR and HCI (Human-Computer Interaction) welcomes developers, tinkerers and enthusiasts working with all variety of VR, AR, HCI, hardware hacking, creative coding and interactive art. Members are working on projects with custom displays and lenses, projection mapping, mocap, tiny computers, servos and sensors, interactive art and a wide variety of VR, AR, motion and computer vision applications. If you’ve only been to our parent group IGDATC meetings, MN VR and HCI is a slightly different format: We aim for smaller group discussions and lots of specific details.