Manny Larcher is one of several speakers confirmed for OhioXR 2026, taking the stage to discuss where the creator economy is headed, beyond the metrics platforms prefer to showcase.

Billed as Ohio's first cross-industry XR event, the conference brings together voices from healthcare, manufacturing, aerospace, financial services, and education under one roof at the PAST Foundation Innovation Lab in Columbus. Organizers have been explicit about the format: practitioner-led sessions, no pay-to-speak slots, and no vendor pitches dressed up as talks.

Larcher's session will draw on three different vantage points he's built over the past decade. As founder of YourInfoDaily, a media outlet covering music, business, and culture since 2014, he's watched how creator-driven content actually performs and monetizes in the market. Through AuxChord, a live transactional review and feedback marketplace, he's built infrastructure specifically for managing and monetizing live-streaming in real time. And with Colaeb, a human-led business matchmaking platform he's run for six years, he's accumulated research on what makes professional introductions and partnerships actually hold up.

The session will pull those threads together: monetization models that survive algorithm changes, the traits of creator-brand partnerships that last, and where immersive and XR formats fit into the next phase of live content.

Event details

OhioXR 2026: Crossroads of Adoption

Friday, October 16, 2026

8:30 AM to 4:40 PM ET

PAST Foundation Innovation Lab, Columbus, Ohio

Registration and the full session schedule: ohioxr.com/#program

RSVP: luma.com/n9xqi4u5