2024 List of VR Events, Virtual Reality Expo, Exhibitions & Conferences

Here is the list of VR events in 2024 which consists of virtual reality expo, exhibitions or conferences. The VR events listed here are fully dedicated to virtual reality and some of it has connections or related with AR (Augmented Reality), MR (Mixed Reality), Metaverse and Immersive Technology as well.

JANUARY 2024

Digital Hollywood CES 2024

This event is part of the CES 2024 and it will be an in-person event. This event will be held on 8^th January 2024 and the location is at Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas. Among the interesting agendas are “Hollywood & Innovation: From AI & XR to Streaming & Advertising“, “The Digital Brand Experience: AI + 3D + XR + Metaverse“, “Monetizing Immersive Hollywood, Brands & Sports = AI + XR + Live Events + Metaverse” and “Immersive AI/XR/AR Media Leadership“.

Official Website: Digital Hollywood at CES 2024

CES 2024

The “Consumer Electronics Show 2024” or popularly known as CES 2024 will be held from 9^th to 12^th January 2024 in Las Vegas and also digital. During this tech event, you can get a glimpse of the revolutionary technology in VR and AR that will bring the world to your doorstep. They will cover the use of this immersive technology in the industries from health care to manufacturing and everything in-between.

Official Website: CES 2024

METAVSUMMIT

The METAVSUMMIT event will take place from 10^th to 11^th January 2024 in Dubai, UAE. Metavsummit is the largest Web 3 event that helps Crypto, Metaverse, and AI companies come to Dubai to meet investors and strategic partners. The next event will have 3000 professional attendees and will have more than 500 founders present.

Official Website: METAVSUMMIT

MIT Reality Hack

The “MIT Reality Hack” or also known as “MIT XR Hackathon” event will be held from 25^th to 29^th January 2024 at MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) in United States. It is an annual community-run XR hackathon comprising thought leaders, brand mentors and creators, participants, students, and technology lovers, who come together and attend tech workshops, talks, discussions, fireside chats, collaborations, hacking, and more. Sounds fun!!

Official Website: MIT Reality Hack

SPIE AR, VR, MR

This event will be held from 29^th to 31^st January 2024 at San Francisco, California, United States. This event is focusing on hardware and enabled content, combined with visionary industry perspectives from technology leaders in VR, AR an MR. It is a place where researchers, engineers, investors, entrepreneurs, customers and suppliers can meet to create the future of augmented, virtual, and mixed reality.

Official Website: SPIE AR, VR, MR

FEBRUARY 2024

MWC Barcelona 2024

This huge event will be held from 26^th to 29^th February 2024 at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain. It is the world’s most influential exhibition for the connectivity industry. This event is suitable for the global mobile operator, device manufacturer, technology provider, vendor, content owner, or those who are simply interested in the future of tech. Some of the agendas or sessions related with virtual reality are “Reality Check for XR” and “The Metaverse is Dead. Long Live the Metaverse?“.

Official Website: MWC Barcelona 2024

MARCH 2024

Industrial IMMERSIVE Week

With the tagline “Where the Real-World Industrial Metaverse Connects“, this event will be held from 5^th to 7^th March 2024 at Hyatt Regency West in Houston, Texas. For year 2024, this event connects the most industrial/energy & engineering tech professionals making investment, strategy & tactical decisions, or building, scaling and executing pioneering XR/3D/Simulations, digital twin, reality capture, edge/spatial computing, AI/ML, connected workforce & IIoT projects within their enterprise.

Official Website: Industrial IMMERSIVE

SXSW 2024

The “South by Southwest” conference and festivals or popularly known as SXSW will be held from 8^th to 16^th March 2024 in Austin, Texas. This event celebrates the convergence of tech, film, music, education, and culture. During this festival, you can immerse yourself in the latest VR/AR and mixed reality storytelling from some of the most creative minds in the world at the SXSW XR Experience. Sounds awesome!!

Official Website: SXSW 2024

ICVARS 2024

The “8^th International Conference on Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulations” will be held from 14^th to 16^th March 2024 in Melbourne, Australia. The main objective is to present the latest research results of computer scientists and engineers related to Virtual and Augmented Reality Simulations topics.

Official Website: ICVARS 2024

IEEE VR 2024

The “30^th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces” or also known as IEEE VR 2024 will be held from 16^th to 21^st March 2024 at Orlando, Florida in USA. It is the premier international event for the presentation of research results in the broad areas of virtual, augmented, and mixed reality (VR/AR/XR). Definitely a must go VR events for academician in 2024.

Official Website: IEEE VR 2024

2024 NVIDIA GTC

This event from NVIDIA will be held online from 17^th to 21^st March 2024. They will bring more breakthrough content, inspiring sessions, and a must-see keynote related with AI, VR and Metaverse. This is definitely one of metaverse or VR events in 2024 that we need to participate.

Official Website: NVIDIA GTC 2024

GDC 2024

The “Game Developers Conference” or also known as GDC will be held from 18^th to 22^nd March 2024 this year at San Francisco, California. For your info, this is the game industry’s premier professional event, championing game developers and the advancement of their craft.

This year we can see they partners with leading technology companies such as Google, Meta, Epic Games, Microsoft, Pico, Xsolla and many more. During this event, you can learn how to create amazing, immersive VR and AR experiences for games and entertainment at the Future Realities Summit. You can also be inspired, learn from experts, and share best practices to create augmented and virtual reality for games, films, and other forms of entertainment.

Official Website: GDC 2024

APRIL 2024

XR Expo

“XR Expo“, Germany’s biggest VR exhibition, will take place from 3^rd to 4^th April 2024 at Haus der Wirtschaft, Stuttgart. It is a B2B tech event for Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented
Reality (AR), or in short: eXtended Reality (XR). This expo will show XR technologies and professional
applications of VR, MR and AR in industry, architecture, health, trade and handicraft.

Official Website: XR Expo

Laval Virtual 2024

The Laval Virtual event will be held from 10^th to 12^th April 2024 at Espace Mayenne, Laval in France. It is an international exhibition focusing on virtual reality, augmented reality, extended reality and immersive technologies. This is one of the most anticipated VR events in year 2024.

Official Website: Laval Virtual 2024

MAY 2024

ARVR Innovate

This in-person conference and expo will be held on 8^th May 2024 in Dublin. The tagline this year is “Where Spatial Computing and AI Meet“.

Official Website: ARVR Innovate

2024 Asia VR&AR Fair&Summit

This event will be held from 10^th to 12^th May 2024 in Guangzhou China Import & Export Fair Complex (Area A). This fair will be showcasing the latest VR&AR technology, including headsets, software, and interactive experiences. They are also planning to have live demos and presentations throughout the fair.

Official Website: Asia VR&AR Fair&Summit

SID Display Week

This years’ meeting is about to start from 12^th to 19^th May 2024 at the San Jose CA conference Center. This is the event where the world’s electronic industry meets. Here, you can discover the latest innovations in display technologies at the industry’s premier global event. 

Official Website: Display Week

Cannes XR

This XR festival will be held from 14^th to 22^nd May 2024 in Cannes, France. With this event, the Festival de Cannes and Marché du Film teams aims to support and promote immersive art and industry.

Official Website: Cannes XR

JUNE 2024

Training & Simulation Industry Symposium (TSIS) 2024

This symposium will be held from 12^th to 13^th June 2024 at Orlando. This event provides industry an opportunity to network and interact with procurement officials for training and simulation products and services from the Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Air Force.

Official Website: TSIS 2024

AWE USA 2024

This expo will be held from 18^th to 20^th June 2024 at Long Beach, California. This event will feature leading XR companies and speakers and provide the best networking in XR community.

Official Website: AWE USA 2024

Metaverse Expo (MVE) 2024

This expo will be held from 26^th to 28^th June 2024 at Coex, Seoul in Republic of Korea. This expo aims to bring together the latest technologies and trends related to VR and AR that can lead the digital transformation and open a new economic paradigm. Another VR events in 2024 that we can never misss.

Official Website: Metaverse Expo 2024

Enterprise Metaverse Summit

The Enterprise Metaverse Summit will be held on 27^th June 2024 at London. This event is organized by Economist Impact and the tagline is “Building industry value from immersive experiences“. The Enterprise Metaverse Summit offered informed and nuanced views from forward-thinking companies who are already gaining value from immersive reality.

Official Website: Enterprise Metaverse Summit

VAMR 2024

The “16^th International Conference On Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality” or also known as VAMR will be held from 29^th June to 4^th July 2024 at Washington DC, USA. This conference is an affiliated conference of the HCI International Conference which provides a forum for researchers and practitioners to disseminate and exchange scientific and technical information on VAMR-related topics in various applications.

With the recent advances in robotics and AI (artificial intelligence) based systems, topics of interest have expanded to include VAMR-based techniques for human-robot interaction and human interaction with intelligent systems.

Official Website: VAMR 2024

JULY 2024

XR Fair Tokyo (Summer)

This VR/AR/MR expo for Summer season will be held from 3^rd to 5^th July 2024 at Tokyo Big Sight, Japan. This exhibition gathers all the services/technologies related to extended reality (VR/AR/MR). It is also one of the best platform for XR companies to introduce their services/technologies to various industries such as Entertainment, Manufacturing, Marketing, etc.

Official Website: XR Fair Tokyo

VRTO 2024

The VRTO 2024 Spatial Media World Conference is in its 9th year and attracts some of the biggest names in the industry. It will be held from 10^th to 11^th July 2024 in Toronto, Canada. During the event, there will be international symposium, exhibition, and think tank for immersive business, education, enterprise, creators, and philosophers.

They have great line up of speakers consisting of CEO, Founder, Producer, Director, Developer, Content Creator and many more.

Official Website: VRTO 2024

AIVR 2024

This “2024 8^th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality” or also known as AIVR 2024 will be held from 19^th to 21^st July 2024 in Fukuoka, Japan. The conference will bring together scientists and researchers in the Artificial Intelligence and the Virtual Reality areas from both industrial and academic sectors. It aims to provide the international community with a highly interactive and scientifically excellent conference to further the translation of promising AI & VR technology.

Official Website: AIVR 2024

ICVR 2024

The “2024 10^th International Conference On Virtual Reality” or also known as ICVR 2024 will be held from 20^th to 22^nd July 2024 in Bournemouth, United Kingdom. It is a forum to discuss new advances and developments in virtual reality by involving researchers, senior technical people, domain experts, and academics together.

Official Website: ICVR 2024

SIGGRAPH 2024

This premier conference & exhibition on computer graphics & interactive techniques will be held from 28^th July to 1^st August 2024 at Denver. During the conference, you will experience inspiring, innovative content, reconnect with your colleagues, and celebrate the evolution of computer graphics and interactive techniques with other attendees.

Official Website: SIGGRAPH 2024

AUGUST 2024

AWE Asia 2024

This “Augmented World Expo” or AWE Asia 2024 event will be held from 27^th to 28^th August 2024 at Singapore. Here you can learn about the opportunities and trends in the XR technology and you might also be able to grow, fund and refine your business in the XR space.

Official Website: AWE Asia 2024

SEPTEMBER 2024

MetaGate – International Metaverse Summit

This is a 3-day hybrid summit that will delve into the business aspects of the metaverse. The summit, in partnership with VRAR Association will be held from 10^th to 12^th September 2024 and it will take place at Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.

MetaGate will feature an exhibition, a conference, startup competition, innovation showcases and networking events, wherein you can explore the latest trends and developments in the metaverse realm and how companies can develop and implement metaverse strategies to enhance their business process, increase competitiveness and drive unparalleled digital value.

Official Website: Metagate – International Metaverse Summit

Meta Connect 2024

This year Meta Connect event will be held from 25^th to 26^th September 2024. During this event, they will explore the future of AI and mixed reality and share progress on our long-term vision to help build the metaverse.

Official Website: Meta Connect 2024

Augmented Reality Festival Kuala Lumpur 2024

This festival will be held from 30^th August to 30^th November 2024 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. During this event, you can immerse yourself in Kuala Lumpur’s first ever Augmented Reality Festival where you can explore exciting city-wide activations over 3 months, and discover more than 30 interactive AR works across 4 unique programmes.

Official Website: AR FEST KL 2024

OCTOBER 2024

IMMERSE KL 2024

The IMMERSE KL 2024 Conference will be held from 1^st to 3^rd October 2024 and it will take place at Connexion Conference & Event Centre (CCEC) in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. With the tagline, “Dive into the Future: Envisioning Creative Tech and Metaverse“, the event is designed to showcase the future of digital content creation within the realms of immersive technology (AR/VR) and Web3.

Official Website: IMMERSE KL 2024

Augmented Enterprise Summit

This year Augmented Enterprise Summit will be held from 15^th to 17^th October 2024 in Dallas, Texas. With the tagline “Where Enterprises Go To Innovate With XR“, it is definitely an exciting event that fully dedicated to AR/VR/MR (XR) in enterprise and business sectors.

During this summit, enterprises will share their real experiences of piloting, deploying, and scaling XR and other metaverse technologies. Get first-hand knowledge of extended reality in the workplace across industries.

Official Website: Augmented Enterprise Summit

AWE EU 2024

This expo will be held from 29^th to 30^th October 2024. This event will feature leading XR companies and speakers and provide the best networking in XR community.

Official Website: AWE EU 2024

NOVEMBER 2024

Global XR Conference

This event will be held on 8^th November 2024 and it is the venue for the community to explore the world of virtual reality, augmented reality, mixed reality, and the Metaverse. This conference offers diverse range of sessions, workshops, discussion panels, and interviews tailored to your experience level and interests.

 Official Website: Global XR Conference

XR Fair Tokyo (Autumn)

This VR/AR/MR expo for Autumn season will be held from 20^th to 22^nd November 2024 at Makuhari Messe, Japan. This exhibition gathers all the services/technologies related to extended reality (VR/AR/MR). It is also one of the best platform for XR companies to introduce their services/technologies to various industries such as Entertainment, Manufacturing, Marketing, etc.

Official Website: XR Fair Tokyo

Open Conf

This annual tech conference will be held from 22^nd to 23^rd November 2024 at Athens, Greece. This is an open conference that focuses on leading-edge tech topics including Extended Reality such as AR, MR and VR.

Official Website: Open Conf

DECEMBER 2024

SIGGRAPH Asia 2024

SIGGRAPH Asia 2024, the 17^th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia, will take place in Tokyo, Japan from 4^th to 6^th December 2024. The annual event, which rotates around the Asian region, attracts the most respected technical and creative people from all over the world who are excited by research, science, art, animation, gaming, interactivity, education and emerging technologies.

Official Website: SIGGRAPH Asia 2024

8th International XR Awards

This AIXR event will take place on 5^th December 2024 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This award ceremony celebrate the outstanding achievement in virtual and augmented reality. Combined with year-round international initiatives, the XR Awards brings together a night of red carpet highlights, the celebration of excellence and unique access to the world’s most influential names throughout the industry. 

Official Website: XR Awards

Immersive Tech Week (ITW) 2024

This 10^th edition event will take place from 4^th to 6^th December 2024 in Rotterdam, Netherlands. This festival of innovation, imagination and creativity focus on the world of VR, AR, AI and many more new technologies. You can explore interactive installations, try-out new hardware and headsets and learn from industry pioneers. 

Official Website: ITW 2024

Stereopsia

This 16^th edition of the premier avant-garde XR event in Europe will take place in Maison De La Poste Brussels, Belgium from 9^th to 11^th December 2024. Stereopsia is an international forum dedicated to immersive technologies and content. Created in 2009, this yearly event features a scientific conference, pitches for start-ups, a competition for the best XR content, Awards, a Booster for XR projects, keynotes and panel discussions, an exhibition, AR and VR line-ups, showcases, B2B, and much more.

Official Website: Stereopsia

Lastly…

That is the list of VR events in 2024 that we have so far. If you happen to know any other event to be listed, you may share it with us at the comment below. Please take note that the date and location might change depending on the organizer. Hence, we would like to advise you to double confirm on the date and location at their official website too.

To see the previous VR events, you may view it here: Events 2014, Events 2015, Events 2016, Events 2017, Events 2018, Events 2019, Events 2020, Events 2021, Events 2022, Events 2023. Just to add, the image above is courtesy from Pixabay

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