XR
Extended reality: the umbrella for VR, AR, and everything between.
Extended Reality — the umbrella term covering virtual reality (fully immersive), augmented reality (overlaid on the world), and mixed points between. In the workplace it means training simulations, immersive collaboration, and a procurement question: strategic advantage or expensive experimentation.
What Do This Week’s XR Stories Mean For Workplace Tech?
From Amazon’s delivery glasses to AMD’s $8.2bn spatial artificial intelligence (AI) bet, the latest enterprise extended reality (XR) news suggests the market is moving beyond device launches and towards the harder work of content creation, governance, integration and scalable frontline deployment
Lily Jemmett · 6 Oct 2026
Meta Connect Puts Workplace XR Adoption to the Test
Meta’s new VR Glasses and AI-glasses updates led a week in which Google brought enterprise management to XR devices, Vuzix expanded its frontline smart-glasses channel, and the XR Association set out lessons for scaling immersive learning beyond pilot programmes
Christopher Carey · 25 Sept 2026
Round Up: Snap’s Workplace XR Move Before Meta Connect
Snap has announced enterprise partnerships for SPECS, bringing AI guidance, remote expertise and workflow tools to its AR glasses. With Meta Connect set for next week, the latest XR news highlights the race to make smart glasses practical for frontline workers.
Christopher Carey · 18 Sept 2026