About XR Industry Leaders
The best enterprise XR advice from pioneers like Walmart, UPS, Amazon, and many more. Each episode of the XR Industry Leaders with ArborXR podcast is an opportunity for XR champions and pioneers to reflect on their organization’s journey with XR. Hear answers to questions like, what are the challenges organizations face using extended reality (XR) in business? What impact is XR having in enterprise? How do VR app developers approach creating content for business and education?
Listen in as XR Industry Leaders discuss the challenges and solutions unique to XR in enterprise and education, how to increase XR adoption, how immersive technology is changing the way we work and learn, and the future of XR.

Episodes

Boston Children’s Hospital: Transforming Nurse Training with XR
Boston Children’s Hospital is leveraging XR to enhance medical training. XR specialist Angelina Gu shares insights on VR’s role in skill-building and patient care.

Mars Wrigley: The Multi-Million Dollar Impact of VR Training
Discover how Mars Wrigley used VR to transform training, cut onboarding time in half, boost output by 45%, and achieve a $19M business impact.

PwC: Reimagining the Workplace with XR
Explore VR’s transformative impact with PwC’s Alex Rühl, from empathy training to faster learning and scalable innovation.

Snap: Trailblazing the Next Era of XR
Explore the future of XR with Andrew Seleznov from Snap, as he discusses his recent projects and impactful partnerships with global brands.

Parker University: Advancing Chiropractic Training with VR
Learn how XR is transforming healthcare education at Parker University, using VR/AR for patient simulations, psychological safety, and anatomy.

Energy Safety Canada: Fueling the Future Workforce with XR
Explore how Energy Safety Canada is using XR to address an anticipated workforce shortage across the country’s energy industry.

USC: Virtual Reality & ADHD, PTSD and More
Discover Dr. Skip Rizzo’s groundbreaking work in VR therapy for PTSD, ADHD, autism, and more in this inspiring episode of XR Industry Leaders.

SDSU: Expanding Rural Education with VR
Learn how SDSU uses XR to expand educational access in rural areas, integrating VR into subjects like nursing and chemistry to prepare students for the future.

RTC: The Future of Learning and XR’s Role in Education
Explore one of the largest XR deployments in the world of education. Learn how RTC Antwerpen rolled out a VR program in 700 schools, benefiting 150,000 students.

Qualcomm: Enabling the XR Industry
Discover Qualcomm’s role in XR tech’s past, present, and future. Brian Vogelsang discusses XR’s impact on enterprises, AI integration, and key collaborations.

HTC VIVE: Empowering Enterprise Use-Cases in XR
HTC evolved from a mobile device manufacturer to a leader in XR technology. Explore HTC’s transformative impact in VR tech for enterprises and beyond.

Delta Air Lines: Revolutionizing Airline Training with VR
Delta Air Lines launches VR training for new employees and technicians. Learn about the program’s transformative impact – including cost savings, operational efficiency and employee safety.

Territory Studio: Designing XR for Marvel and Enterprise
Learn how Territory Studio imagines, designed and implemented AR and MR experiences in major motion pictures and for major Enterprise companies.

Lenovo: Unlocking Enterprise Potential with VR
Dive into the dynamic world of extended reality (XR) with Lenovo’s Vishal Shah and Jason McGuigan as they unravel Leno

PICO: Practical Enterprise Applications in XR at Scale
Explore XR’s future with PICO’s Amir Khorram in XR Industry Leaders. Insightful discussion on VR enterprise solutions, partnerships, and industry adoption.

St. James’s Place: Elevating Soft Skills with VR
Hannah & Josh St. James’s Place discuss using VR to train advisor soft skills, challenges of managing headsets at scale, lessons on user adoption, and content development.

MyndVR: Senior Care and Digital Therapeutics with VR
Chris Brickler shares how VR therapy improves memories and care for elderly patients, and the challenges of scaling VR across health senior care facilities.

MDA: Training For Outer Space Operations with VR
Discover how MDA leverages VR for astronaut training, mission planning, and onboarding. Gain valuable insights into implementing immersive technologies at scale.

Harvard: Experiential VR Learning in Education
Matt Cook from Harvard joins us to discuss how virtual & augmented reality are redefining higher education through customized immersive experiences.

Bank of America: Changing the Way We Train with VR
Explore how Bank of America is revolutionizing training with VR, enhancing employee engagement, overcoming challenges with VR, and redefining corporate education.

VictoryXR: Shaping the Future of Education with VR
VictoryXR CEO Steve Grubbs discusses creating virtual reality curriculums for education, working closely with Meta, and the future of immersive technology for teachers and students.

VRpatients: Designing Your Own VR Training for Healthcare
Learn how VRpatients creates VR simulations that instructors can customize to give trainees real-life experiences in healthcare.

Zimmer Biomet: Reshaping Healthcare Training with AR and VR
If you’re interested in how XR will shape medicine going forward, this is a must-listen episode. Tommy Kopec of Zimmer Biomet provides an insider’s perspective on VR’s transformative potential for surgery, training, and beyond.

Capco: Elevating the Financial Industry with Virtual Reality
Explore how Capco revolutionizes the financial industry with virtual reality. Discover their success, challenges, and predictions for VR’s impact.

MIT: Exploring Extended Reality in Historic Operas
Discover how MIT uses AR and VR to create immersive experiences for historic operas. We discuss XR in education, challenges and advice for new adopters, and more.

Magic Leap: How Augmented Reality is Elevating Enterprise
Discover how Magic Leap is taking augmented reality to the next level with their enterprise-focused hardware, including real-world statistics and use cases.

Bodyswaps: Innovating Soft Skills Training with Virtual Reality
Discover the future of VR in education with Bodyswaps. Learn how VR elevates soft skills training, and how to implement VR technology effectively.

VHA: How Virtual Reality is Revolutionizing Veteran Care
Discover how the VHA is using virtual reality to improve the lives of veterans with pain management, mental health, and overall well-being.

Stanford: How Immersive Technology Enhances Education
Erik Brown discusses how Stanford uses virtual reality for education, empathy in VR, challenges with creating and managing XR content, and more.

Amazon (AWS): Removing Friction from Enterprise XR
Stephen Curtis from AWS discusses how XR solves enterprise friction, advice for new adopters, XR content authoring, XR device management and more.

WestRock: How XR is Accelerating Manufacturing
XR champion Scott Burkey discusses the impact AR and VR is having on manufacturing, challenges implementing new technology, and advice for using XR in business.

Pfizer: Transforming How We Train with XR
XR leader Nicholas Hockley discusses how XR transformed the way Pfizer trains, challenges with AR/VR content, moving from a pilot program to scale, and more.

Futurus: Set Up XR Pilot Programs for Success
Futurus CEO Annie Eaton discusses creating AR/VR content, how to set up XR pilot programs for success, challenges in XR, advice for new adopters, and more.

UPS: We Know XR is Going to Work
Learn how UPS built XR training as a practice. We discuss using AR/VR in business, challenges and benefits of XR training, advice for new adopters & more.

INVISTA (Koch Industries): What if We Reimagined Our Entire Training Process?
Learn how XR is transforming INVISTA (Koch). We discuss using AR/VR in business, challenges and benefits of XR training, strategy to scaling XR adoption & more.
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