Following the shift to a virtual work environment, brought on by the pandemic, we have been more reliant on technology than ever. The extended reality (XR) industry is growing, yet its use in architecture is still few and far between. In truth, XR is ready to be adopted by even the smallest of firms and is by no means a new technology – dating back to the 1960s. So, what is causing this low uptake and how can this technology be leveraged?