What's next in the world of immersive?

There’s not a week goes by when I’m not asked about the current state and fate of our immersive XR/VR/AR productions, and how us as creators working with bleeding edge tech and innovation can think about how future audiences can be mesmerised our work.

It’s a staple topic on the conference circuit too, including this week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona.

Mobile World Congress, especially the various sessions at MWC’s 4YFN Summit, will keep us curious, asking questions and sparking debates if we really are on the right track, while covering trends about who and what is making progress with our multi-sensory, multi-reality, multi-user worlds.

The list of these trends grows by the day, filled with advancements in innovation and creativity, mixing interdisciplinary approaches with practice and research.

Many breakthroughs revolve around 5G testing, GPS/location-based experiences (LBE), biometrics, tracking, spatial audio, haptics, world-building, social VR and more.

But in order to secure the future of immersive experiences, it’s important to keep the experiments going and the funding strong, be it at academic or government levels, grass roots or crowd.

It’s about innovating and connecting, across platforms, formats, sectors and us as people.

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