Events

Welcome to our dedicated hub for past, present and future events we have either hosted or been involved with – including industry-leading conferences, award ceremonies and exclusive webinars. Here, you can catch up on our recent activities, achievements, and collaborations in immersive technology across various sectors.

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How AI Supercharged XR: Preston Platt at AWE USA 2025

How AI Supercharged XR: Preston Platt at AWE USA 2025

At AWE USA 2025, the world’s leading XR event, Our CTO Preston Platt spoke about how AI is transforming the speed and scale of XR development. In his session, he revealed how AI can act as a creative co-pilot. It is not here to replace developers and designers. Rather, AI helps amplify ideas, sharpen execution, and significantly reduce production time.

Patrick Johnson

July 11th, 2025

Why Events Matter More Than Ever: Omead Sinai at AWE USA 2025

Why Events Matter More Than Ever: Omead Sinai at AWE USA 2025

In a world overwhelmed by AI content, Omead explained why in-person experiences are more valuable than ever. Events can’t be faked. They offer authentic engagement, physical interaction, and real connection. These are things AI simply cannot replicate.

Patrick Johnson

July 11th, 2025

RPR Takes Home the Auggie Award 2025 for AR in Google Maps

RPR Takes Home the Auggie Award 2025 for AR in Google Maps

We’re proud to share that Rock Paper Reality has won the Auggie Award for Best Location-Based Entertainment at AWE 2025, marking our second consecutive win. This year’s award recognizes our collaboration with Google on a world-first: the launch of AR content natively inside Google Maps, rolled out globally just ahead of the Paris Olympics.

Patrick Johnson

July 11th, 2025

An AI Sommelier at a Wine Tasting? Meet Purple Paradise.

An AI Sommelier at a Wine Tasting? Meet Purple Paradise.

At the recent Future of Audio Innovation event hosted by NextTechnow by Publicis Media, we brought something a little unexpected—and delightfully bold—to the table: an AI-powered wine tasting experience.

Patrick Johnson

June 13th, 2025

Reality Reimagined: AI & Extended Reality

Reality Reimagined: AI & Extended Reality

In the second event of our Reality Reimagined series, we took the audience behind the scenes of a bold experiment: building a Mixed Reality game for both Quest 3 and Apple Vision Pro—in just one week. Spoiler: we pulled it off.

Patrick Johnson

May 2nd, 2025

Reality Reimagined: AR Meets Google Maps

Reality Reimagined: AR Meets Google Maps

We kicked off our brand-new virtual event series, Reality Reimagined, with a session that put location-based AR front and center—and introduced one of the biggest milestones in immersive tech to date (no exaggeration!).

Patrick Johnson

July 11th, 2025

RPR’s CEO Presents AWE Nite SF Event: “XR and Accessibily”

RPR’s CEO Presents AWE Nite SF Event: “XR and Accessibily”

From avatar design and hardware costs to machine learning algorithms and the teams behind them, this event aims to outline the actions we as the AR and VR community need to take so that this next wave of computing is truly accessible and inclusive to everyone.

Patrick Johnson

April 8th, 2025

AWE Nite SF’s AR Gaming event is now available on YouTube!

AWE Nite SF’s AR Gaming event is now available on YouTube!

The event was hosted by Emily Olman, CEO of Spatial First, and Patrick Johnson, CEO of Rock Paper Reality. It featured a killer presentation by Terry Schussler, Senior Director Spatial Computing, Deutsche Telekom and Tim Friedland, CEO, forwARdgame around 5G and multi-player gaming.

Patrick Johnson

April 8th, 2025

RPR’s CEO Presents: AWE Nite SF’s Apple Event!

RPR’s CEO Presents: AWE Nite SF’s Apple Event!

Patrick Johnson, CEO of RPR, hosted an evening at the Verizon Innovation Center along with Apple to focus on all things ARKit—the largest AR platform in the world with hundreds of millions of AR-enabled iPhones and iPads.

Patrick Johnson

April 8th, 2025

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