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AUGMENTED WORLD EXPO ANNOUNCES 2026 AUGGIE AWARD WINNERS, BEST IN SHOW AND XR HALL OF FAME LEGENDS

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AWE Celebrates Innovation and Legacy in a Landmark Year for the XR Industry

LONG BEACH, Calif., June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Augmented World Expo USA 2026, the longest-running and largest event dedicated to Augmented Reality, Extended Reality, Virtual Reality, robotics and AI, today revealed this year’s award winners across every category, honoring both the industry’s newest breakthroughs and the pioneers who built the field.

This year, 20 of the world’s most innovative and game-changing developers, brands and creators were honored with Auggie Awards, while 8 pioneers of XR were inducted into the 2026 XR Hall of Fame.

2026 XR Hall of Fame
Eight pioneers of XR were celebrated by the 2026 XR Hall of Fame, recognizing their lasting contributions to the field. The full list of inductees can be viewed here.

From the Show Floor
AWE USA 2026 was packed with exciting news from exhibitors including Google, Samsung, Qualcomm, and more. See highlights of announcements from the show here.

Auggie Awards
Since 2010, the Auggie Awards have stood as the most recognized XR and spatial computing awards in the world. Now in their 17th year, the Auggies continue to showcase the very best the industry has to offer. This year’s winners are:

Best Art or Film – D-Day: The Camera Soldier by TARGO: An interactive documentary following a D-Day combat cameraman through his daughter’s journey to piece together his hidden legacy; a 20-minute experience with TIME Studios, exclusively on Apple Vision Pro. Video here.

Best Campaign – Toyota – FanPort by Draw & Code: A 12m mixed reality installation launching the Toyota Urban Cruiser in Italy, moving ‘holographic’ content between a projected display and Magic Leap 2 glasses for a shared multisensory experience. Video here.

Best Consumer App – Google Maps XR: Immersive View for Android XR fuses 2D mapping with photorealistic 3D data, letting users explore the world and step inside locations via hand and gaze input. Video here.

Best Content Creation Tool – MetaNeural Immersive Simulation Platform: An AI-powered tool that lets experts generate complex, nonlinear simulation scenarios in natural language—no coding—for high-risk training in energy, defense, and manufacturing. Video here.

Best Content Creator(s) – Gabriele Romagnoli: Recognized for educational XR content on LinkedIn and his XR/AI Spotlight Podcast, showcasing cutting-edge work from avatars to Gaussian Splats. Video here.

Best Developer Tool – MultiSet AI: A scan-agnostic visual positioning system delivering centimeter-accurate 6-DoF localization and object tracking across multi-floor indoor and outdoor environments, deployable on cloud or device. Video here.

Best Education & Training Solution – NICS Korea: Chemical Incident & Terror Response in XR by National Institute of Chemical Safety: A nationwide XR training system with fixed VR centers, mobile units, and 80+ scenarios for chemical emergency response and multi-agency collaboration. Video here.

Best Enterprise Solution – FabStation by Eterio Realities Inc.: An AR execution layer for structural steel fabrication that overlays 3D models onto workpieces, capturing data at 1.5mm accuracy—230+ customers across 30+ countries, with a 75% reduction in errors. Video here.

Best Game or Toy – Thief VR: Legacy of Shadow by Vertigo Games: The legendary Thief franchise reimagined for VR, returning players to The City to master stealth and uncover an artifact holding a legacy from the past. Video here.

Best Headworn Device – Spectacles by Specs Inc.: Fifth-generation standalone see-through AR glasses with a 46-degree field of view, 13ms motion-to-photon latency, and on-device multimodal AI, powered by Snap OS. Video here.

Best Healthcare & Wellness Solution – ARVIS by Enovis: A wearable AR headset for orthopedic surgical navigation that replaces bulky robotics, delivering precise intraoperative guidance via an intuitive 3D display with hands-free voice and gaze control. Video here.

Best Indie Creator(s) – Year of the Cicadas: A VR experience about a mother’s life after losing her six-year-old son, spanning a seventeen-year timeline anchored by the Brood X cicadas and driven by ambisonic and spatial audio. Video here.

Best Interaction Product – Be There Without Being There: Humanoid Robot Immersive Telepresence by Carolina Cruz-Neira & Judah Rowe: Immersive teleoperation lets users inhabit a humanoid robot in real time with full-body motion mapping, while it streams a live digital twin of its surroundings. Video here.

Best Location-Based Entertainment – Interstellar Arc by Felix & Paul Studios: The largest contiguous high-fidelity wireless VR environment ever created, spanning 20,000+ square feet and transporting hundreds of synchronized participants aboard an interstellar spaceship. Video here.

Best Reality Capture – Cintoo VR Experience: An Unreal Engine-based platform streaming reality capture data at high fidelity, with multi-mesh streaming that lets industrial teams explore massive scan and BIM datasets at 1:1 and doll-house scale. Video here.

Best Societal Impact – Cooper’s Clean Air Quest: Making Invisible Pollution Visible by YORD: A family-friendly VR and web experience with the City of Cupertino that makes invisible air pollution tangible, guided by Cooper the robot, now traveling across schools and festivals. Video here.

Best Use of AI – XR Vibe Coding with XR Blocks and Gemini by Google: A toolkit built with Android XR that turns Gemini’s 3D web creations into immersive extended-reality experiences, letting anyone translate ideas into 3D and share them via a web URL. Video here.

Most Ethical Product – SecureMR by PICO/ByteDance: A ‘Privacy Vault’ architecture that lets developers build mixed reality with scene perception while locking away the camera feed, using a ‘Zero-Trust’ sandbox to protect users’ homes. Video here.

Startup to Watch – PROLO by CG Technologies

Art Festival Winner – Reality Looks Back by Superposition XR Studio

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TMGM Enters Esports Through New Collaboration with OG Esports as Official Global Partner

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SYDNEY, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — TMGM today announced a new collaboration with OG Esports, marking TMGM’s first esports campaign. As the Official CFD Partner of OG’s Dota 2 and Counter-Strike 2 teams, TMGM will engage esports audiences through fan-focused digital activations, exclusive rewards and branded content.

The collaboration reflects TMGM’s commitment to engaging digitally native audiences through performance-driven communities. The initiative highlights similarities between competitive gaming and financial markets, where preparation, precision, speed and resilience drive success.

“Success, whether in financial markets or competitive gaming, is built on preparation, resilience and the ability to adapt in a fast-changing environment. These qualities are deeply embedded in both TMGM and OG Esports,” said Nick Yang, Chief Commercial Officer of TMGM.

“We are pleased to collaborate with an organisation that has built a strong reputation within the esports industry, and we look forward to delivering meaningful experiences that resonate with audiences around the world.”

Throughout the campaign, fans can look forward to cashback rewards, signed OG Dota 2 and Counter-Strike 2 team jerseys, branded content and social media activations.

TMGM’s presence will be integrated across OG’s website, social channels and streaming platforms.

Through the collaboration, TMGM aims to deliver meaningful experiences and lasting value to OG’s global community.

“OG has a global fanbase that deserves the very best experiences. That’s why we’ve partnered with TMGM. As a leading CFD trading platform, TMGM will offer our community new ways to engage both through trading and unique OG experiences. We’re proud to support TMGM’s first step into esports and look forward to building a strong partnership that delivers lasting value for our fans,” said Xavier Oswald, Chief Executive Officer of OG Esports.

About TMGM

Founded in 2013 in Sydney, Australia, TMGM Group is the Official Regional Partner of Chelsea Football Club. As a broker providing global financial product trading, TMGM is regulated by ASIC(Australia), VFSC (Vanuatu), FSC Mauritius, and FSA (Seychelles).

Disclaimer: Investing in leveraged products carries high risks and is not suitable for all investors. You have no interest in the underlying asset. Read the Client Agreement and other disclosure documents set forth on our website. The above information is provided by TMGM Group (Trademax Australia Limited, ABN 76 162 331 311, AFSL 436416, Trademax Global Markets (SE) Limited, FSA licence number SD224, Trademax Global Limited, VFSC 40356 & Trademax Global Markets (International) Pty Ltd, Company No. 195323, Mauritius Investment Dealer Licence No. GB22201012). 

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Huawei Expands Health and Fitness Ecosystem on HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Series, Deepening Commitment to Women’s Wellbeing

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New app partnerships with Life: Period Tracker, Clue, and The Ginger Club signal growing momentum for third-party developers building on Huawei’s wearable platform

LONDON, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Huawei announced the continued expansion of its health and fitness app ecosystem on the newly launched HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Series, reinforcing its strategy to build an open, partner-driven platform that delivers meaningful everyday value to users. The latest additions include Life: Period Tracker, the globally recognized women’s health app; Clue, the #1 women-led  period and cycle tracker; and The Ginger Club, a running community founded around women’s physiology, bringing advanced cycle tracking, data-driven health insights, and personalized training directly to the wrist.

The applications are available through HUAWEI AppGallery across all models of the HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Series. They reflect a broader ambition: to attract best-in-class app developers to Huawei’s wearable ecosystem and give them the platform, data integrations, and user reach to build health experiences that genuinely improve daily life.

A Platform Built Around Women’s Health

With women’s health being a clear strategic priority, Huawei’s ecosystem team has worked closely with partners to ensure the HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Series goes beyond step counting. Life: Period Tracker allows users to log cycle data, symptoms, mood, and flow level directly from the watch, discreetly and without reaching for a phone.

For users seeking deeper analysis, Clue’s integration with the Huawei Health app brings sleep data and body temperature readings from the watch into cycle analysis, supporting more personalized and data-driven health insights. Available with a Clue Plus subscription, the integration allows users to make the most of the data their watch already captures.  

From Wrist Data to Intelligent Coaching

The Ginger Club, founded by renowned running coach Candela Pérez, takes the ecosystem’s women’s health focus into athletic performance. With a Ginger Club subscription, training plans, from 5K to marathon, are designed around menstrual cycle phases. In addition, through seamless syncing with the HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Series, the app draws on real-time pace, heart rate, and recovery data to guide users on when to push and when to rest, enabling the watch to become a genuine coaching companion.

These partnerships illustrate the growing appeal of Huawei’s wearable platform: lightweight, all-day wear design enables higher data continuity and more engaged users, delivering a compelling proposition for developers looking to reach people in the real moments of their lives.

An Open Ecosystem Invitation

To celebrate the launch, new HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Series buyers will receive an exclusive three-month premium subscription, valued at €15, to Life: Period Tracker at no cost, and a 3-month free trial to Clue Plus, as part of Huawei’s commitment to making its ecosystem genuinely rewarding from day one.

For developers and health brands, the path to collaboration is open: whether through Health Kit integration or native app development for HUAWEI AppGallery, Huawei provides the tools, APIs, and go-to-market support to bring compelling wearable experiences to market. On top of this, the HUAWEI WATCH FIT 5 Series also supports contactless payments with Curve Pay, as well as access to Huawei MultiPass, including Huawei Health+ membership and exclusive benefits from popular sports, fitness, and lifestyle apps such as komoot, Naviki, URUNN and FIIT.

Developers and health brands interested in building for Huawei’s wearable platform are encouraged to explore partnership opportunities through the Huawei Developer Portal at https://developer.huawei.com/consumer/en/.

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HDC 2026 Global Eco Summit: Huawei Ecosystem Fuels Partners’ Growth in China and Cross-Border Success

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DONGGUAN, China, June 18, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — At the HDC 2026 Global Eco Summit, Huawei convened global ecosystem partners, brands, and developers to explore how its innovative technologies are reshaping digital interaction in an increasingly interconnected, multi-device world. Spanning luxury retail, tourism, financial services, and digital platforms, the summit highlighted how enterprises are leveraging Huawei’s ecosystem to drive innovation and business growth, with key partners sharing real-world collaboration cases and practical insights.

China Market Mastery: AI-Powered Audience Insights and Story-Driven Strategies for Scalable Brand Growth

Huawei’s ecosystem has established itself as a powerful platform enabling brands to navigate the China market with precision and creativity. Leveraging Petal Ads’ advanced AI capabilities and rich consumer insights, brands access multi-dimensional audience portraits, real-time behavioral signals, and omnichannel measurement tools. The ecosystem also provides access to affluent consumer segments, including over 22 million yearly outbound travelers — 76% of whom belong to middle-to-high consumption groups with strong interest in luxury goods, technology, and premium lifestyles.

A global leading luxury house demonstrated how these capabilities translate into meaningful China growth. To connect with high-net-worth consumers, the brand partnered with Huawei to leverage Petal Ads’ precision targeting, reaching premium audiences including foldable device users with immersive splash screen visuals optimized for Huawei devices. The campaigns generated tens of millions of impressions and strong click-through rates. The partnership has since expanded into experiential collaborations and in-store initiatives, blending the brand’s heritage with Huawei’s intelligent technology.

A Southeast Asian national tourism board showed how China-market strategy becomes more effective when media, content, devices, and offline experiences are connected. This collaboration leveraged Petal Ads, Huawei Wearables, SkyTone, and offline retail experiences to create a 360-degree immersive travel journey for Chinese consumers — including customized watch faces featuring destination mascots and KOL collaborations. The campaign generated hundreds of millions of exposures, significantly lifted brand awareness, and solidified the destination as a top choice for Chinese outbound travelers.

Expanding Global Horizons: Overseas Partners Strengthen Huawei’s Global Ecosystem

As cross-border travel and consumption grow, overseas partners are increasingly engaging with Huawei’s ecosystem to deliver seamless, locally relevant experiences for users abroad, embedding essential services such as ticketing, payments, and connectivity directly into users’ daily digital lives.

A leading Hong Kong ticketing platform partnered with Huawei to redefine cross-border event and travel experiences for Chinese outbound travelers. Leveraging Huawei’s hybrid architecture, localized support, and Huawei Login capabilities, the platform built a high-performance, cross-device application for concerts, sports events, and travel services across Hong Kong and Asia. Beyond ticketing, the integration spans the full travel journey: users can book tickets, navigate to venues via Petal Maps, and stay connected via SkyTone — all within Huawei’s ecosystem — transforming standalone transactions into continuous, connected travel moments.

BonusFlaş, Garanti BBVA’s digital payment and smart wallet platform and one of Türkiye’s leading digital payment solutions, demonstrated how Huawei’s ecosystem enables seamless and secure transactions. Through this partnership, BonusFlaş enabled NFC-based contactless payments on HUAWEI WATCH 5, HUAWEI WATCH GT 6 series, and other NFC-supported wearables, allowing users to make secure, one-tap payments at millions of POS terminals across Türkiye directly from their wrists. BonusFlaş’s upgraded platform brought together cards, digital payments, exclusive campaigns, and favorite brands in a single, user-friendly interface, expanding its user base and setting a new standard for fintech-wearable collaboration in Türkiye.

Forging a Connected Future Together

The HDC 2026 Global Eco Summit reaffirmed Huawei’s role as an open, collaborative global bridge, connecting brands, developers, and consumers to drive shared growth. As cross-border commerce and travel expand, Huawei stands ready to empower partners with its innovative technologies and expansive ecosystem. Huawei invites all global brands, developers, and ecosystem partners to join together building a fully connected, intelligent world that turns cross-border challenges into opportunities.

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