Reimagining Collaboration in XR Lessons from the Global Collaboration Village 2025

Energy Experience Visualizing industrial transformationThe challenge Industrial clusters are central to decarbonization, yet their complexity and co-dependence often make them difficult to understand. Key stakeholders struggled to visualize how shared infrastructure, co-located businesses and joint decarbonization pathways could work in practice. The Village’s role The Energy Experience built into the Town Hall space transformed abstract concepts into immersive events. Participants entered spatial environments in which they mapped out energy flows, collaborative infrastructure and coordinated carbon reduction pathways. The environment offered a tangible entry point into the Forum’s work on industrial decarbonization, helping shift engagement from theoretical to strategic. Participants Government leaders, energy executives and Forum Centre collaborators interacted with the virtual model, surfacing new ideas and partnerships for real-world cluster design. Key moment The experience prompted a follow-up engagement that led to the development of a second AR-based experience focused on supporting the industrial transition.2024USE CASE 5 21Copyright: © Global Collaboration Village: World Economic Forum, Accenture and Microsoft. All rights reserved Reimagining Collaboration in XR: Lessons from the Global Collaboration Village 21