List of XR, AR and VR Conferences 2025

The augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and extended reality (XR) industries continue to grow, driving technological innovations and business opportunities.

As we move into 2025, these conferences will remain crucial platforms for showcasing innovations, networking, and fostering collaborations. Below is the most up-to-date list of VR, AR, XR, and related tech conferences in 2025:

CES 2025 (Jan 7 - 10)

Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is the major tech event featuring high-profile keynotes, state-of-the-art tech products, and provides a comprehensive overview of the latest tech products and services.

Category: Consumer Tech

Ticket Prices:

Exhibits Plus Pass

• Price: $350
• What's included: Exhibit floor, keynotes, Great Minds sessions, select conference programming, Research Summit
• Who can register: Industry attendees only

Deluxe Conference Pass

• Price: $1700
• What's included: Everything in the Exhibits Plus Pass, plus four days of CES Conference Programming (including +75 sessions), curated conference tracks, and Partner Programming
• Who can register: Industry attendees only

Location: Las Vegas, NV, USA
Dates: January 7-10, 2025
Website: ces.tech

METAVSUMMIT(Jan 7-8)

METAVSUMMIT is the largest crypto, metaverse, and AI event. The summit brings together investors, entrepreneurs, and developers from around the world to discuss the latest trends and developments in the metaverse. The event covers a wide range of topics, including: Metaverse investment opportunities, metaverse developments tools and technologies, metaverse gaming and entertainment, metaverse for enterprise and industrial applications, and the future of the metaverse.

Category: Emerging Tech, Metaverse, Crypto

Ticket Prices:

• Delegate Pass: $349
• VIP Delegate Pass: $749
• Exhibitor Pass: $1,749

Location: Dubai, UAE
Dates: January 7-8, 2025
Website: metavsummit.com

Pocket Gamer Connects (Jan 20 - 21)

Pocket Gamer Connect is a leading mobile gaming industry conference that brings together over 2,500 attendees from the games industry to network, discover, pitch, and learn from 200 of the world's leading authorities. The conference covers a wide range of topics, including: Mobile Game Development and Publishing, Mobile Game Monetization, Mobile Game Marketing and User Acquisition, Mobile Games for Emerging Markets, and the future of mobile gaming.

Category: Tech, Mobile, Gaming

Ticket Prices: £298.80 - £1,498

Location: London, UK
Dates: January 20-21 2025
Website: pgconnects.com/london/

SPIE AR | VR | MR (Jan 25-30)

SPIE is an event where researchers, engineers, investors, entrepreneurs, customers, and suppliers come together to explore the future of augmented, virtual and mixed reality. The conference has a strong focus on hardware and enabled content, aiming to foster discussions and exchanges among industry leaders.

Category: Tech, AR, VR, MR, Optical Architectures

Ticket Prices: $1080

Location: San Francisco, CA, USA

Dates: January 25-30, 2025

Website: spie.org

Industrial Immersive Week 2025 (Mar 3-4)

IIW 2025 is the leading conference and exhibition for industrial XR, AR, VR, MR, and digital twin technologies. The event brings together industry leaders, innovators, and end-users to explore the latest trends and developments in immersive technologies and their applications in their respective field but for the industrial sector.

Category: XR, Tech, Industrial

Ticket Prices: $895-$1195
Location: Houston, TX, USA
Date: March 3-4, 2025
Website: industrialimmersive.com/

Mobile World Conference (MWC) (Mar 3-6)

MWC is the world's largest and influential mobile event, bringing together the latest innovations and leading-edge technologies from across the mobile ecosystem. It is a must-attend event for anyone involved in the mobile industry, from network operators and device manufacturers to software developers and content providers. MWC 2024 will cover a wide range of topics, including: 5G and beyond, Cloud and Edge Computing, Artificial Intelligence, Internet of things (IoT), Security and Privacy, and Mobile for Good.

Category: Mobile, Tech, Telecommunications

Ticket Prices: Starting at €989

Location: Fira Gran Via, Barcelona, Spain
Dates: March 3-6, 2025
Website: mwcbarcelona.com

SXSW (Mar 7-15)

SXSW (South by Southwest) is an annual conference and festival that celebrates the convergence of technology, film, music, and culture. The event is known for its innovative and thought-provoking programming, as well as its vibrant and inclusive atmosphere, covering topics from emerging technologies, such as AI, XR and blockchain all the way to the future of work, education, and healthcare.

Category: Tech, Culture, Entertainment

Ticket Prices:

$795 - $1895

Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Dates: March 7-15, 2025
Website: sxsw.com

ICVARS 2025 (Jul 25-27)

ICVARSis the 9th international conference on vr and ar simulations, it aims to bring together individuals from multiple disciplines and cultures to discuss, design, develop, and evaluate novel methods for VR and AR simulations.

Category: Tech, VR, AR

Ticket Prices:

$300-$540

Speaker Deadlines: The deadline for abstracts/proposals is March 1, 2025

Location: Melbourne, Australia

Dates: July 25-27, 2025

Website: icvars.org

IEEE VR 2025 (Mar 8-12)

IEEE VR is a conference on virtual reality and 3D interfaces, is a leading international event where professionals from around the world come together to present and discuss research findings in the domains of VR, AR, and MR. The conference is known for showcasing groundbreaking research and achievements since 1993.

Category: VR, AR, MR, 3D UI.

Ticket Prices: 695€ - 1190€

Location: Saint-Malo, France

Date: March 8-12, 2025

Website: https://ieeevr.org/

Game Developers Conference 2025 (GDC) (Mar 17-21)

The Game Developers Conference (GDC) is also known for being the largest and most influential stage for game developers. The conference has brought in past events to over 30,000 attendees from over 100 countries to learn from the industry's leading experts, network with peers, and discover the latest technologies and trends.

Category: Tech, Gaming

Ticket Prices: $249 - $1699

Location: Moscone Center, San Francisco, CA, USA
Dates: March 17-21, 2025
Website: gdconf.com

Training & Simulation Industry Symposium (TSIS) (Jun 17-18)

TSIS is the world's leading event for training simulation and simulation-based training (SBT). It's an opportunity for the industry to network and interact with procurement officials for training and simulation products and services. The event includes Q&A sessions, panel discussions, and provides insights on acquisition strategies, timing, and funding levels.

Category: Tech, Training, Simulation
Ticket Prices: TBD
Location: Orlando, FL, USA
Date: June 17-18, 2025
Website: https://www.ntsa.org/events/2025/6/17/tsis-2025

XR Expo (May 8 - 9)

XR Expo is the world's leading XR event, bringing together the XR community to learn, network, and experience the latest XR technologies. The expo is also characterized by the participation of XR industry giants, excellent speakers, and showcases of best practices within the XR domain.

Category: Extended Reality, Tech
Ticket Prices: TBD
Location: Stuttgart, Germany
Date: May 8-9, 2025
Website: https://www.vdc-fellbach.de/en/xr-expo/

LAVAL Virtual (Apr 9 - 11)

Laval Virtual is the world's oldest and largest VR and AR event. The conference brings together businesses, startups, investors, and developers from around the world to showcase the latest XR technologies and applications. It gathers nearly 200 exhibitors, hosts five exhibition halls, and holds three days of conferences with over 50 speakers. The event, is the gathering point for Europe's XR community since 1999.

Category: XR, Training Simulation, Entertainment, Healthcare, Industrial\

Ticket Prices: 60€ - 195€

Speaker Deadlines: TBD
Location: Laval, France
Date: April 9-11, 2025
Website: laval-virtual.com

AWE XR USA (June 10-12)

AWE is the world's largest conference and expo on AR, VR and Mixed Reality (MR). The expo is an integral event in the XR industry, it has been trusted by 5,000 companies and 60,000 professionals since its inception in 2010. It aims to provide a platform for professionals to connect, learn, and grow their network. The conference includes end-users and solution providers, investors, startups, brands, creators, developers, and even job seekers.

Category: Extended Reality
Ticket Prices: $175 - $1495
Location: Long Beach, CA, USA
Date: June 10-12, 2025
Website: awexr.com

XR Fair Tokyo (Jul 2-5)

The XR Fair Tokyo is a B2B exhibition that gathers all the services/technologies related to VR, AR, and MR. This event serves as a platform for XR companies to introduce their latest services and technologies to various industries such as entertainment, manufacturing, marketing, etc.

Category: Tech, VR, AR, MR

Ticket Prices: TBD

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Dates: July 2-4, 2025

Website: xr-fair.jp

ICVR 2025 (Jul 9-11)

ICVR is a premier forum for researchers and practitioners to share their latest findings and ideas on all aspects of VR. The conference covers a wide range of topics, like, Healthcare, content creation, Hardware and Software, Training and Education.

Category: Tech, VR, Training Simulation, Entertainment

Ticket Prices: $400 - $550

Speaker Deadlines: Call for Papers: February 25, 2025

Location: Wageningen, Netherlands

Dates: July 9-11

Website: icvr.org

SIGGRAPH (Aug 10-14)

SIGGRAPH is the world's premier annual conference on computer graphics and interactive techniques. It encourages collaboration, and advances the theory and practice of computer graphics and interactive techniques. The event is a platform for attracting and delivering high-quality results while promoting excellence and sustaining quality in the realm of computer graphics.

Category: Tech
Ticket Prices: TBD
Location: Vancouver, Canada

Speaker Deadlines: Feb 18, 2025
Date: August 10-14, 2025
Website: https://s2025.siggraph.org/

AWE XR ASIA (Aug 24-26)

AWE XR Asia is part of the Augmented World Expo series, which, as mentioned above is the world's leading AR/VR expo with more than 10 years of dedication, development, and high-quality events. It's also a great event to stay on top of the latest trends in the XR industry and enable new networking connections.

Category: Tech, AR, VR, XR

Ticket Prices:

• All Access Ticket $304
• VIP Ticket $590

Location: Singapore
Dates: August 24-26, 2025
Website: aweasia.com

GITEX Global (Oct 13-17)

GITEX EX is a major opportunity for businesses to connect with potential customers and partners, and to learn about the latest trends in the tech industry. The event is also a great way for startups to launch their products and services to a global audience. The event will showcase the latest innovations in a wide range of technology sectors, including emerging tech, sustainability, telecoms, and more.

Category: Tech, Startups, Emerging Tech
Ticket Prices: TBD
Dates: October 13-17, 2025
Website: gitex.com

AWE EU

AWE is the world's largest conference and expo on AR, VR and Mixed Reality (MR). The expo is an integral event in the XR industry, it has been trusted by 5,000 companies and 60,000 professionals since its inception in 2010. It aims to provide a platform for professionals to connect, learn, and grow their network. The conference includes end-users and solution providers, investors, startups, brands, creators, developers, and even job seekers.

Category: Extended Reality
Ticket Prices: TBD
Location: Vienna, Austria
Date: November 2025 (Exact TBD)
Website: awexr.com/eu-2024

Meta Connect (TBD)

Meta Connect is Meta's annual conference on VR, AR and the metaverse. It features Meta's new projects in hardware and software and discusses the future of immersive technologies and their impact on social connections.

Category: Extended Reality
Ticket Prices: TBD
Location: Online
Date: TBD
Website: metaconnect.com

Augmented Enterprise Summit (AES) Sep 23-25

AES is where enterprises go to hear best practices and other actionable, practical insights for evaluating, adopting, implementing and scaling immersive and related technologies in the workplace. AES is the best opportunity to see how the world's largest companies are driving meaningful digital transformation with XR and discover solutions ready to be developed in today's work environments.

Category: XR, Metaverse
Ticket Prices: $599 - $1099
Speaker Deadlines: TBD
Location: Dallas, TX
Date: September 23-25, 2025
Website: augmentedenterprisesummit.com/

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