The Augmented World Expo 2023 in Santa Clara, California, is the world's largest gathering devoted to augmented and mixed reality technology. As the leading and most diverse AR+VR conference and expo, AWE brings together the latest in augmented and mixed reality hardware, software, and development platforms, along with hands-on demonstrations, immersive exhibits, and an array of thought-provoking presentations and panels.

Over the course of three days, attendees from all industries and walks of life, including tech, health, education, entertainment, and more, had the unparalleled opportunity to network with top innovators and creators in the realm of AR+VR. From keynote speeches by industry leaders and workshops to exhibitions and product showcases.

Our Best of AWE 2023 list is here. Showcasing the Top 20 things that impressed us. Here’s what we thought was the best of this years Augmented World Expo;

Top 20

1. Crossfire MAX 3K (Mixed Waveguide AR Optics) by Ant-Reality Optics

2. LeapMotion Controller 2 by Ultraleap

3. Port 6 by Doublepoint

4. Aroma Shooter v3 by Aromajoin

5. Near-eye Light-field Projection Technology by CREAL

6. MRTK3 (Mixed Reality ToolKit) by Microsoft

7. MREAL X1 Mixed Reality Headset by Canon

8. Lightship ARDK 3.0 (Shared AR) by Niantec Inc.

9. Haptics by Fluid Reality

10. ARGO Smartglasses (DigiOS) by DigiLens

11. Spaces Dual Render Fusion by Qualcomm

12. Quest 3 Mixed Reality Headset by Meta

13. SyncReality SDK by SyncReality

14. Spacetop (AR Laptop) by Sightful

15. MR Glass Developer Edition by OPPO

16. Beam by XREAL

17. ThinkReality VRX VR Headset by Lenovo

18. TouchDIVER by WeArt

19. LeiaPix Cloud (Alpha) by Leia Inc.

20. TapXR by Tap Systems

Aside from the Top 20 list, we also made an alphabetical list of interesting product announcements also have a view at the official YouTube playlist of this years AWE presentations.

Click on the + sign to expand the Alph. list of interesting product announcements.