An annual, hybrid gathering of researchers, educators, students, and industry professionals examining how extended reality technologies create meaningful impact across fields. Convened by the Beyond Meet Space collective since 2024.
The third edition of the Meaningful XR conference will be hosted at the University of Oregon Portland Campus, with full hybrid participation through the Beyond Meet Space VRChat platform. Programs, registration, and submission information are maintained on the MXR conference site.
Interested in attending, presenting, or sponsoring? Watch the conference site for the latest logistics.
Each MXR cycle feeds our journal special-issue pipeline, inviting selected papers into Journal of Media Psychology and Frontiers in Virtual Reality.
Held at the UC Davis International Center and online, MXR 2025 continued the hybrid format established at the inaugural conference. The program featured keynote speakers from top institutions, sessions on emerging research, immersive demos, and social events. Remote participation via VRChat was accessible through headsets, desktops, or mobile devices.
Hosted by UC Davis with support from the SPARTIE Lab, SIUE, Stanford's Virtual Human Interaction Lab, and more.
Brought together nearly 90 scholars, creators, and innovators from 30+ institutions for 2.5 days of presentations, rich conversations, and immersive social events, both in person and in VR. The hybrid format included Zoom, screen-sharing, and VRChat streaming.
Thanks to sponsors including Stanford, MSU, the Journal of Media Psychology, and the NSF, 18 students received travel scholarships. Selected papers from MXR 2024 were invited into our Journal of Media Psychology special issue.
The Meaningful Play conference at Michigan State University, running since 2008. Provided the intellectual template for MXR's emphasis on meaningful application.
SPARTIE at MSU, where much of the MXR organizing infrastructure and student-scholarship coordination originates.
Our research collective brings the technical infrastructure for hybrid attendance: the VRChat-based BMS platform supports remote presentation and engagement alongside the in-person venue.