2026 List of VR Events, Virtual Reality Expo, Exhibitions & Conferences

Recently updated on January 5th, 2026 at 12:34 pm

Here is the list of VR events in 2026. This consists of virtual reality expo, exhibitions or conferences held in 2026. 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 2026

Digital Hollywood CES 2026

This event is part of the CES 2026 and it will be an in-person event. This event will be held on 5^th January 2026 and the location is at Aria Resort and Casino, Las Vegas. Among the interesting agendas are “Architects of the Branding & Entertainment Experience: AI – CGI – XR“, “Monetization Matrix: Brand, Consumer, and Tech – Dynamics of Immersion“, “AI, Cinematic Creativity, Spatial and XR: The Next Level of Innovation” and “Conversational AI & Virtual Engagement: Text/Video/Audio Experiences“.

Official Website: Digital Hollywood at CES 2026

CES 2026

The “Consumer Electronics Show 2026” or popularly known as CES 2026 will be held from 6^th to 9^th January 2026 in Las Vegas. During this tech event, you can see how the technologies that transformed gaming are now changing the game in other industries and reshaping the way businesses operate across the globe.

Official Website: CES 2026

Pocket Gamer Connects London 2025

This event which is also known as PG Connects will be held from 19^th to 20^th January 2026 in London. The event will cover all platforms, from mobile, console and PC through to emerging spaces like XR or browser gaming.

Official Website: PGConnects London

SPIE AR, VR, MR

This event will be held from 17^th to 22^nd January 2026 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

MIT Reality Hack

The “MIT Reality Hack” or also known as “MIT XR Hackathon” event will be held from 22^nd to 26^th January 2026 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

FEBRUARY 2026

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MARCH 2026

MWC Barcelona 2026

This huge event will be held from 2^nd to 5^th March 2026 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.

Among the interesting agendas related with VR/AR/MR/Metaverse are “Creating The Future of Immersive Learning“, “Ray Ban Meta AI Glasses Demos“, “Decoding Orion and the future of AR” and “Immersive and Emerging Technologies Reshaping the Sports and Entertainment Landscape“.

Official Website: MWC Barcelona 2026

SXSW 2026

The “South by Southwest” conference and festivals or popularly known as SXSW will be held from 12^th to 18^th March 2026 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 2026

IEEE VR 2026

The “IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces” or also known as IEEE VR will be held from 21^st to 25^th March 2026 at Daegu in Korea. 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 2026.

Official Website: IEEE VR 2026

2026 NVIDIA GTC

This event from NVIDIA will be held from 16^th to 19^th March 2026 at San Jose, California. 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 2026 that we need to participate.

Official Website: NVIDIA GTC 2026

GDC 2026

The “Game Developers Conference” or also known as GDC will be held from 9^th to 13^th March 2026 this year at Moscone Center, 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 2026

APRIL 2026

Laval Virtual 2026

The Laval Virtual event will be held from 8^th to 10^th April 2026 at Laval, France. It is the Europe’s biggest XR event that focusing on immersive technologies (virtual reality, augmented reality, spatial computing, etc.) This is one of the most anticipated VR events in year 2026.

Official Website: Laval Virtual 2026

XR Expo

The Germany’s biggest VR exhibition, will take place from 28^th to 29^th April 2026 at Messe Stuttgart, Germany. 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

MAY 2026

World VR&AR Expo

This event will be held from 10^th to 12^th May 2026 in China Import & Export Fair Complex, Guangzhou, China. 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: World VR&AR Expo

Display Week 2026

This years’ meeting is about to start from 3^rd to 8^th May 2026 at Los Angeles. 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

Immersive Market Festival De Cannes

This XR festival will be held from 12^th to 20^th May 2026 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: Immersive Market Festival De Cannes

ARVR Innovate

This in-person conference and expo will be held in May 2026 in Dublin. The tagline this year is “Where Spatial Computing and AI Meet“.

Official Website: ARVR Innovate

JUNE 2026

AWE USA 2026

This expo will be held from 15^th to 18^th June 2026 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 2026

Training & Simulation Industry Symposium (TSIS) 2026

This symposium will be held from 17^th to 18^th June 2026 at Orlando, Florida. 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 2026

XR Salento 2026

This year “International Conference on eXtended Reality” or famously known as XR Salento will be held from 16^th to 20^th June 2026 at Otranto, Italy. This event serves as a great platform for industry professionals, scientists, engineers, educators, students and entrepreneurs to collaborate, exchange ideas, and explore the latest advancements in XR technologies.

Official Website: XR Salento

Metaverse Expo (MVE) 2026

This expo will be held from 17^th to 19^th June 2026 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 2026 that we can never miss.

Official Website: Metaverse Expo 2026

XRM 2026

The “International XR-Metaverse Conference 2026” will be held from 17^th to 19^th June 2026 at Nordic Hotel Forum, Tallinn, Estonia. It is an annual immersive tech event of the International Association of Immersive Technology Innovation (IAITI) and it aims to bring industry and academia together in order to discuss, present and show the latest trends in the immersive technology arena.

The conference in 2026 will focus on the theme of Bridging between realities: transformative, inclusive, and sustainable XR.

Official Website: XRM 2026

XR & Metaverse Fair Tokyo

This VR/AR/MR expo will be held from 17^th to 19^th June 2026 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

8^th Annual Industrial Digital Reality Summit

This event will be held from 22^nd to 24^th June 2026 at Woodlands Waterway Marriot, Houston, Texas. For year 2026, this event will bring together the largest and most defined, high value audience of industrial, energy & engineering decision makers in immersive tech.

From their tagline, this is the place where Spatial Computing, Digital Twins/Simulations, AI, Reality Capture and XR/3D connect.

Official Website: Industrial Digital Reality

​VRTO 2026

The 2026 VRTO Spatial Media World Conference & Expo will be held from 24^th to 26^th June 2026 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 2026

JULY 2026

ICVARS 2026

The “10^th International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Virtual & Augmented Reality Simulations” will be held from 8^th to 10^th July 2026 in Chalon-sur-Saône, France. 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 2026

AIVR 2026

This “2026 10^th International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Reality” or also known as AIVR 2026 will be held from 11^th to 13^th July 2026 in Kobe, 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 2026

ICVR 2026

The “2026 12^th International Conference On Virtual Reality” or also known as ICVR 2026 will be held from 28^th to 30^th July 2026 in Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK. 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 2026

VAMR 2026

The “18^th International Conference On Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality” or also known as VAMR will be held from 26^th to 31^th July 2026 at Montreal, Canada. 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 2026

AUGUST 2026

SIGGRAPH 2025

This premier conference & exhibition on computer graphics & interactive techniques will be held from 10^th to 14^th August 2025 at Vancouver. 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 2025

SEPTEMBER 2025

AR/VR Policy Conference 2025

The “5^th Annual Augmented and Virtual Reality Policy Conference” presented by Information Technology and Innovation Foundation (ITIF) and the XR Association will be held on 9^th September 2025 in Washington, DC. The event will feature a series of expert talks and panels discussing critical policy questions covering topics such as “Use of AR/VR in education“, “Privacy and safety“, “Haptics and computer brain interfaces” and “Children and teenager safety“.

Official Website: AR/VR Policy Conference 2025

Meta Connect 2025

This year Meta Connect event will be held from 17^th to 18^th September 2025. During this event, they will explore the future of AI and mixed reality and share progress on their long-term vision to help build the metaverse.

Official Website: Meta Connect 2025

Augmented Enterprise Summit

This year Augmented Enterprise Summit will be held from 23^rd to 25^th September 2024 in Dallas, Texas. With the tagline “Where Enterprises Go To Innovate With Spatial AI + Augmented Intelligence“, 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

Here is the list of VR events in 2025. This consists of virtual reality expo, exhibitions or conferences held in 2025. 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.

OCTOBER 2026

VRARA Edu Summit 2025

The event will be held somewhere in October. During this annual virtual summit for education, you can learn the latest solutions & best practices about VR/AR for next-generation education and help shape the future of education. Keep check their website to know the exact date.

Official Website: VRARA Edu Summit 2025

Pocket Gamer Connects Helsinki 2025

Also known as PG Connects, this exciting event will be held from 7^th to 8^th October 2025 in Helsinki. This global games industry conference will cover all platforms, from mobile, PC and console to XR, web3 and AI technology.

Official Website: PGConnects Helsinki

ISMAR 2025

The “IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality” will be held from 8^th to 12^th October 2025 in Daejeon, South Korea. This is the leading international academic conference in the fields of Augmented Reality and Mixed Reality. Furthermore, the symposium is organized and supported by the IEEE Computer Society, IEEE VGTC, and ACM SIGCHI.

Official Website: ISMAR 2025

STACKxDays 2025

This event will be held from 28^th to 30^th October 2025 in UC San Diego Park & Market, California. During the event, senior developers from diverse backgrounds, fields and industries, who are working with AI and/or XR, will meet and connect in order to drive development in all of its forms.

Official Website: STACKxDays 2025

NOVEMBER 2026

Pocket Gamer Connects Aqaba 2025

Also known as PG Connects, this exciting conference will be held from 8^th to 9^th November 2025 in Aqaba, Jordan. This global games industry conference will cover all platforms, from mobile, PC and console to web3, XR and AI technology.

Official Website: PGConnects Aqaba

Immersive X 2025

This event will be held from 11^th to 13^th November 2025 and it is by invitation only. This event will bring together a curated network of forward-thinking minds who are shaping the future of immersive technologies. If you are a storyteller, businessperson, educator, activist, or artist in XR industry, then this event is a must for you.

Official Website: Immersive X

Unite 2025

This Unity major event will be held from 19^th to 20^th November 2025 and it will take place at Palau de Congresso de Catalunya, Barcelona, Spain. During this event, you’ll reconnect with the Unity community for two full days of learning, networking, and memorable experiences. They will also showcase their inspiring stories, demos, sessions, annual Keynote, after-hours events and many more.

Official Website: Unite 2025

VR Games Showcase

This major event in VR games industry will be held again sometime in November and you can watch it online via YouTube.

Official Website: VR Games Showcase

DECEMBER 2026

United XR Europe 2025

This expo which is co-produced by AWE and Stereopsia will be held from 8^th to 10^th December 2025 in Brussels, Belgium. This event will feature leading XR companies and speakers and provide the best networking in XR community.

Official Website: AWE EU 2025

SIGGRAPH Asia 2025

SIGGRAPH Asia 2025, the 18^th ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia, will take place in Hong Kong from 15^th to 18^th December 2025. 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 2025

Lastly…

That is the list of VR events in 2026 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, Events 2024, Events 2025. Just to add, the image above is courtesy from Pixabay

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