Date: Issue 123 - July 2023 Update: December 03, 2024
BİTES organized the first industry day activity event, "XR Technology Day," focusing on Extended Reality (XR) on June 21st at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ankara. The XR Technology Day event featured discussions on the secrets of the XR world and its implications for the defense and aviation sectors.
At the event, Founder & CEO of BİTES, Uğur COŞKUN delivered a presentation on the global position of XR technologies and their future direction, the use of technologies such as Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR), and Mixed Reality (MR) in various fields, the differences between these technologies, their subcomponents such as goggles, and the relationships between XR technologies and other technologies like artificial intelligence. Representatives from military and civilian procurement authorities, as well as military attachés from the Ankara Military Attachés Association (AMAC) and leading companies in the industry, attended the event. The event, where the latest developments in virtual reality technologies were presented to BİTES' stakeholders in the Turkish defense and aviation sectors, greatly contributed to raising awareness in the industry in this field.