Agenda 2025

Special Thanks

We would like to extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who contributed to the success of Sandia’s 7th Annual XR Conference. Your dedication, hard work, and unwavering support were instrumental in bringing this event to life.

Conference Etiquette

This conference is at the Unclassified Unlimited Release (UUR) level, and is open to all. Keep in mind that, as we’re going forward over the next few days to keep commentary and questions at that open level.

Links to these videos and recordings will be made available after the conference has ended (for those presenters who have given consent). All times listed are in MST.

Monday, July 21, 2025 (Virtual/Microsoft Teams Only)

Time (MST)	Presentation Title	Presenter(s)	Organization
8:00 AM	Welcome Message	Matthew Gallegos Tony Alberti Shane Bramley	Sandia National Laboratories
8:05 AM	Unity: Driving the Next Wave of XR Innovation	Gary Haus	Unity Technologies
8:20 AM	Leadership Messages
8:30 AM	ORION	Matthew Gallegos Tony Alberti Shane Bramley	Sandia National Laboratories
8:45 AM	Dynamic XR Visualizations of Simulink Models	Alexandra Farrow Jack Caycedo	Sandia National Laboratories
9:00 AM	State of XR at KCNSC	Lauren Speer	KCNSC
9:15 AM	Leadership Messages
9:30 AM	Modular Framework for Virtual Flight Testing	Isaiah Curtis	Sandia National Laboratories
9:45 AM	Data Governance, System Integration, and Visualization to Accelerate Innovation in Digital Engineering	Jaimie Murdock	Sandia National Laboratories
10:00 AM	Leadership Messages
10:08 AM	Short Break
10:15 AM	Effortless CAD Import and Visualization with Explore	Eren Tatar	AWE
10:30 AM	Mechdyne getReal3D: Simplifying XR development, immersive displays, Unity integrations	Carl Culbertson	Mechdyne Corporation
10:45 AM	Virtual Reality Scenarios Assisting in Firefighting Exercises (VR SAFE): Designing and Evaluating a VR Solution	Lorien Megill Ryan Salway Tim Yurkiewicz Dan Otero Jennifer VanBerschot	Northrop Grumman
11:00 AM	NVIDIA Omniverse Digital Twin experiments	Brad Carvey	Sandia National Laboratories
11:15 AM	Leadership Messages
11:30 AM	NSE/AWE XR Hackathon	Lauren Speer	KCNSC
11:45 AM	Lunch Break
1:00 PM	Unity Breakout Session (45 min presentation, 15 min Q&A): Revolutionizing XR: Harnessing Unity’s Latest	Gary Haus	Unity Technologies
2:00 PM	Unity Breakout Session (30 min presentation, 15 min): 3D Anywhere: Optimizing CAD and BIM Data for Anyone, on Any Device	Cam Ayres	Unity Technologies

Tuesday, July 22, 2025 (Virtual/Microsoft Teams Only)

Time (MST)	Presentation Title	Presenter(s)	Organization
8:00 AM	Welcome Message	Matthew Gallegos Tony Alberti Shane Bramley	Sandia National Laboratories
8:05 AM	Keynote by Varjo		Varjo
8:20 AM	Leadership Messages
8:30 AM	OpenUSD: A Look at Data Standardization for XR Applications	Wes Harris	Sandia National Laboratories
8:45 AM	Utilizing VR for Construction Efforts	Lauren Speer	KCNSC
9:00 AM	Design with Twinmotion	Thomas Richards	AWE
9:15 AM	Leadership Messages
9:30 AM	Beyond the XR Wild West: Creating Interoperable Training Ecosystems for Interagency Operations	Brian Reece	HTX Labs
9:45 AM	Building XR Community in New Mexico: Three Meetup Experiments in VR, Spatial Computing, and 3D Immersive Art	Chuck Webster	Mirehaven VR Club
10:00 AM	Leadership Messages
10:08 AM	Short Break
10:15 AM	Peaceful Pixels: Virtual Nature for Mental Well-Being	Timothy Hand	Prescott College
10:30 AM	Augmented Reality Microscope System	Mohamed Dia	KCNSC
10:45 AM	Human-machine Interfaces with Augmented Reality	Fernando Moreu	University of New Mexico
11:00 AM	Lidar to XR	Andrew McFarland	Sandia National Laboratories
11:15 AM	Lunch Break
12:00 PM	Open Panel Discussion	Nadine Miner (MC) Brandon Klein Mattew Gallegos Brad Carvey Sean Tait Gary Haus	Sandia National Labs Varjo Unity
1:00 PM	Breakout Session: Varjo	Sean Tait	Varjo

Wednesday, July 23, 2025 – In Person XR Demonstrations at Explora

Demo	Presenter(s)	Organization	Demo Location
PENDING	PENDING	PENDING	Area 1 (First Floor – Lab X / Makerspace)
Advanced Data Visualization and Spatial Planning utilizing XR Capabilities	Thomas Vause	SciVista, Inc.	Area 1 (First Floor – Lab X / Makerspace)
Mechdyne getReal3D: Simplifying XR development, immersive displays, Unity integrations	Carl Culbertson	Mechdyne Corporation	Area 1 (First Floor – Lab X / Makerspace)
Beyond the XR Wild West: Creating Interoperable Training Ecosystems for Interagency Operations	Brian Reece	HTX Labs	Area 2 (Second Floor – Theater)
Building XR Community in New Mexico: Three Meetup Experiments in VR, Spatial Computing, and 3D Immersive Art	Chuck Webster	Mirehaven VR Club	Area 2 (Second Floor – Theater)
ORION	Matthew Gallegos	Sandia National Laboratories	Area 3 (Second Floor – Rotary Pavilion)
State of XR at KCNSC	Lauren Speer	KCNSC	Area 3 (Second Floor – Rotary Pavilion)
Peaceful Pixels: Virtual Nature for Mental Well-Being	Timothy Hand	Prescott College	Area 3 (Second Floor – Rotary Pavilion)

8:00 AM – 1:00 PM (MST)

Address: 1701 Mountain Rd NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104