VR, AR & XR Events Calendar

IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality. The top academic conference for AR and MR research.

A dedicated XR and mobile games developer track inside next.app devCon, with sessions and workshops on AR, VR and game engineering for Android and mobile XR.

Turin's annual conference on animation, VFX, games and immersive media, with talks, workshops and masterclasses covering VR, AR, XR and real-time production.

Enterprise-focused event covering AI, XR, and digital twins. Real-world case studies, workshops, and hands-on demos.

Valve's week-long demo festival on Steam. Upcoming games, PC VR titles included, offer free playable demos and developer livestreams. Runs from 10:00 AM Pacific on October 19 to 10:00 AM Pacific on October 26.

The EuroXR Association's annual conference, bringing together European XR researchers, developers and industry users. Satellite events run November 2 and 3.

The world's largest technology conference with tracks covering XR, spatial computing, AI, and immersive startups alongside 70,000+ attendees.

The International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam and its DocLab new media program, which showcases VR, interactive and immersive nonfiction. The main DocLab exhibition is at de Brakke Grond.

The ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology, a long-running academic venue for VR systems, interaction and rendering research.

ACM SIGGRAPH's Asian conference and exhibition on computer graphics and interactive techniques, with a dedicated XR program. The exhibition runs December 2 to 4.

The merger of AWE Europe and Stereopsia under one brand. Europe's premier AR/VR conference and expo, bringing together developers, creators, and enterprise adopters.

The annual games awards show, streamed live, with a Best VR/AR Game category and a long run of world premiere trailers.

The world's largest consumer technology trade show returns. Always a marquee event for XR hardware reveals, AR glasses announcements, and immersive display technology.

The first Sundance held in Boulder brings back New Frontier, the festival's program for art, cinema and emerging technology, after a two-year pause.

Premier photonics and optics conference and exhibition. Includes the AR/VR/MR expo covering waveguides, micro-displays, sensors, and optical components for next-gen headsets. The AR | VR | MR Expo runs February 2 to 4.

Valve's winter edition of its week-long demo festival on Steam, with free playable demos and developer livestreams for upcoming games, PC VR titles included.

The IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, the leading academic venue for virtual, augmented and mixed reality research, with papers, demos, workshops and tutorials.

The Game Developers Conference returns to San Francisco in an expanded format spanning Moscone Center and venues across downtown. Historically where Valve, Meta, and Google make their developer-facing XR announcements.

GSMA's annual connectivity and mobile show, a regular stage for smart glasses, XR chipsets and Android XR hardware from phone makers and chip vendors.

NVIDIA's AI conference, also home to its CloudXR streaming and Omniverse digital twin work for enterprise XR.

Austin's film, music and tech festival. The Film & TV Festival includes the XR Experience showcase for VR, AR and mixed reality projects.

Europe's largest XR event, with an exhibition, conferences and the Laval Virtual Awards.

Stuttgart's B2B trade fair for virtual, augmented and mixed reality.

The biggest AR and VR conference and expo in the US, now billed as an XR and AI event, with 5,000+ attendees and 250+ exhibitors expected.

AWE's Asia edition moves to Shanghai, where it opens a five-day week of XR and AI events.