An immersive technology summit exploring how artificial intelligence and virtual reality are reshaping industries is taking place in Dundalk today.
The PRISM summit will hear from industry leaders and tech experts from across Ireland and Northern Ireland.
Innovators at the forefront of virtual reality, artificial intelligence and the use of "digital twins" will address the conference, and there will also be live demonstrations of immersive tools.
Digital twins refers to a virtual replicas of real world objects, spaces and systems.
The summit will hear from different industries like construction, manufacturing and health tech who have adopted some of the immersive technologies.
It is taking place in partnership with Dundalk Institute of Technology and is supported by other bodies including Queen's University in Belfast, Intertrade Ireland, Louth County Council and Creative Ireland.
Organisers say that innovators at the forefront of virtual reality, artificial intelligence and the use of "digital twins" will address the conference, and there will also be live demonstrations of immersive tools.
The summit will hear from different industries like construction, manufacturing and health tech who have adapted some of the immersive technologies.
The area has grown to the point where Ireland's first Immersive Technology Apprenticeship is now being developed.
The Level 6 programme will run at the Mayo Sligo Leitrim ETB from January 2026 and will be focused on spatial computing, 3D designs and digital twins.
Eirmersive, the immersive technology industry group behind the event, represents 45 members in industry and academia who are either building or adopting immersive technologies.
