Upcoming Events
Honoring Black Women in XR and Immersive - All Day Build
Join us for a full-day, hands-on build celebrating Black women shaping the future of XR and immersive tech. This event brings together creators, developers, designers, and makers for collaborative sessions, mentorship circles, live demos, and rapid-prototyping challenges. Whether you’re a seasoned XR professional, an emerging creator, or curious about spatial computing, you’ll gain practical skills, expand your network, and contribute to tangible projects that highlight equity and representation in immersive media.
Networking in Virbela Go
An interactive session for makers and thinkers to collaborate, connect, and spark new ideas.
Carolina Cruz-Neira - “Rethinking XR: When the Concept Matters More than the Tech”
Carolina Cruz-Neira — pioneer of immersive computing and creator of the original CAVE automatic virtual environment — will present practical, enterprise-focused applications of immersive solutions. Drawing on decades of research and industry collaborations, she will demonstrate how virtual reality, augmented reality, and spatial computing can be integrated into enterprise workflows to improve training effectiveness, accelerate design and review cycles, and enhance remote collaboration. Her talk will cover real-world case studies, implementation strategies, measurable ROI metrics, and pragmatic guidance on choosing hardware, managing content pipelines, and scaling deployments.
Networking in Virbela Go - XR Women
An interactive session for makers and thinkers to collaborate, connect, and spark new ideas.
Gatherverse- She Summit
SHE Summit 2026 invites women from every cultural background to the main stage, amplifying the voices of the everyday superheroes building tomorrow’s emerging technology. Here, you can share your own story, learn from the experiences of others, and find new inspiration for your career.
Join to hear from XR Women leadership Julie Smithson, Sophia Moshasha, Karen Alexander and Paige Dansinger.