Starport Introduces Explorer, theWorld's First Spatial Portal, at AWEUSA 2026
The momentum is building for Starport as Unlimit Ventures helps bring Starport Explorer — the world's first patented spatial portal — from the workshop floor to the global stage at AWE USA 2026.
Starport Explorer appeared publicly for the first time at AWE USA 2026, held June 15–18 at the Long Beach Convention & Entertainment Center in Long Beach, California. Billed as the world's largest XR and spatial AI event, the show drew more than 5,000 attendees, 250 exhibitors, and 400 speakers across a 150,000-square-foot expo floor.
Companies and Speakers at AWE USA 2026
Starport was among them, presenting Explorer and creating a new category of shared, glasses-free spatial computing.
Google, Qualcomm, Samsung, Lenovo, and Meta's developer ecosystem exhibited at AWE USA 2026 alongside hundreds of startups, research labs, universities, and enterprise providers, together applying XR, spatial AI, and immersive computing to healthcare, education, entertainment, manufacturing, retail, and communications. The keynote stage carried the same range of participants: Snap CEO Evan Spiegel opened with “Making Computing More Human,” outlining Snap's approach to wearable computing and AI-powered smart glasses; Qualcomm SVP Ziad Asghar followed with “The Era of Personal AI and Endless Realities,” detailing the next generation of Snapdragon processors built for XR devices; and Google's Android XR team closed with updates on its platform, Gemini AI integration, and developer tools. Together, the exhibitor floor and keynote lineup made AWE USA 2026 one of the year's most substantive gatherings for spatial computing. AWE USA 2026 brought together companies building XR, spatial AI, and immersive computing technology. Exhibitors demonstrated new smart glasses, spatial computing platforms, AI tools, mixed reality hardware, developer kits, and enterprise solutions.
Beyond the Screen
Starport Explorer is the company's first patented spatial portal, built to move digital content off flat screens and into shared physical space. Rather than requiring a headset or glasses, Explorer renders lifelike Lightform™ entities — from photoreal landscapes to fully animated character — that groups can see and interact with together in the room. The system combines Al vision, voice interaction, gesture control, and spatial audio into a single unit. Early use cases span telepresence, embodied Al characters, digital art installations, and location-based entertainment.
Alongside Explorer, Starport unveiled Gateway, a companion cloud platform for scheduling, monetizing, and deploying content across multiple physical locations.
Reception at the Show
The “Introducing Starport Explorer: Reality Portals, Powered by AI” booth drew steady crowds throughout the show, with attendees gathering to watch live demos — including a fully animated 3D character rendered inside the portal — ringed by Explorer’s signature glowing accent light. Gadget Flow’s AWE 2026 recap named Starport alongside Avalon Holographic and notAnImage among the show’s standout glasses-free demos, pointing to shared spatial experiences as one of the event’s breakout themes.
Starport framed Explorer as a step toward a “holodeck” future. The company is now engaging pilot partners, venue operators, and investors for early installations available via purchase, rental, or lease. AWE attendees could pre-order, request a live demo, register investor interest, or inquire about becoming a reseller directly at the booth.
What This Means
Explorer's appearance at AWE marks Starport's first public step from concept to market-facing product. The Unlimit Ventures team helped engineer and build the unit that reached the show floor — a milestone as Starport moves from AWE momentum into pilot deployments.
Learn more: starport.co
Starport Inc. is an Irvine, California-based spatial computing company founded by CEO Dan Miller, developing hardware and software that bring interactive 3D content into the physical world.