2016 could be considered the official introduction of virtual reality to the world and many industries have either embraced the technology at varying levels or simply started paying attention to movements within the industry. 2017 is going to be a pivotal year for the technology’s growth and there will be many events welcoming VR as an auxiliary experience or fully focusing on the potential of the immersive tech.
We’ve put together an extensive list of events around the world that will involve virtual reality but, if we’ve missed any, email tips@uploadvr.com and let us know. We plan to update this list periodically.
Virtual Reality Summit – Tokyo // October 3rd – October 6th
Tokyo, Japan
Registration: Exhibitor | Not Available Yet
VR Awards // October 9th
London, England
Future of Storytelling Festival and Summit // October 4th – October 8th
New York, New York
Registration: Attendee
Oculus Connect 4 // October 11th – October 12th
San Jose, CA
Registration: Attendee
Immersed // October 19th – October 21st
Toronto, Canada
Registration: Attendee
VIEW // October 23rd – October 27th
Turin, Italy
Registration: Attendee
VR Days // October 26th – October 28th
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Registration: Exhibitor | Attendee
Virtual Reality Strategy Conference (VRS) // October 2017
San Francisco, California
Registration: Exhibitor | Attendee
Virtual Reality Software & Technology (VRST) // November 8th – November 10th
Gothenburg, Sweden
Registration: Exhibitor | Attendee
Architecture Boston Expo (ABX) // November 8th – November 10th
Boston, Massachusetts
Registration: Exhibitor | Attendee
VREvolution // November 15th
New York, New York
Registration: Attendee
SIGGRAPH Asia // November 27th – 30th
Bangkok, Thailand
Registration: Exhibitor | Attendee
VRX Conference & Expo // December 7th – December 8th
San Francisco, California
Registration: Exhibitor | Attendee
PlayStation Experience // December 9th and 10th
Anaheim, CA
Registration: Attendee
Past Events
VR Now // February 13th
Berlin, Germany
Registration: Exhibitor | Tickets Not Yet Available
ENGAGE: The LA Digital Storytelling Conference // February 15th
Culver City, California
Registration: Exhibitor | Attendee
Virtual Reality Evolution // February 16
London, England
Registration: Exhibitor | Attendee
Northeast Virtual Reality Conference // February 16th – February 17th
Stamford, Connecticut
Registration: Information Not Yet Available
D.I.C.E. (Design, Innovate, Communicate, Entertain) Summit // February 21st – February 23rd
Mandalay Bay; Las Vegas, Nevada
Augmented and Virtual Reality Conference // February 23rd
Manchester Metropolitan University Business School; Manchester, United Kingdom
Virtuality // February 24th – February 26th
Paris, France
VRDC – Virtual Reality Developers Conference // February 27th – 28th
San Francisco, California
Game Developers Conference (GDC) // February 27th – March 3rd
Moscone Center; San Francisco, California
Mobile World Congress // February 27th – March 2nd
Barcelona, Spain
Asia Amusements and Attractions Expo // March 8th – March 11th
China Import and Export Fair Complex; Guangzhou, China
South by Southwest (SXSW) // March 10th – March 19th
Austin, Texas
Experiential Technology Conference & Expo (XTechExpo) // March 14th – March 15th
San Francisco, California
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers VR (IEEEVR) // March 18th – March 22nd
Los Angeles, California
Laval Virtual // March 22nd – March 26th
Laval, France
Silicon Valley VR Expo (SVVR) // March 29th – March 31st
San Jose Convention Center; San Jose, California
Eurogamer Expo REZZED (EGX REZZED) // March 30th – April 1st
London, England
VR Arcade Conference // April 3rd – April 4th
Sunnyvale, Calfifornia
Virtual Reality World Congress (VRWC) // April 11th – April 13th
Bristol, England
Virtual Reality LA (VRLA) // April 14th – 15th
LA Convention Center; Los Angeles, California
TECHSPO at Sea // April 16th – April 23rd
Orlando, Florida (Cruise)
Facebook Developer Conference (F8) // April 18th – April 19th
San Jose, California
Tribeca Film Festival // April 19th – April 30th
New York, New York
Swiss Society of Virtual and Augmented Reality (SSVAR) // April 20th
Zurich, Switzerland
Virtual Reality Show // April 20th – April 22nd
Business Design Centre; London, England
National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) // April 22nd – April 27th
Las Vegas Convention Center; Las Vegas, Nevada
Internet2 Global Summit // April 23rd – 26th
Washington D.C.
Vision VR/AR Summit // May 1st – May 2nd
Los Angeles, California
FMX // May 2nd – May 5th
Stuttgart, Germany
Consumer VR (CVR) // May 5th – May 7th
Vancouver Convention Center; Vancouver, Canada
Unite Tokyo // May 8th – 9th
Tokyo, Japan
TECHSPO New York // May 8th – May 9th
New York, New York
GPU Technology Conference (GTU) // May 8th – 11th
San Francisco, California
VRX Europe // May 11th – 12th
London, England
Unite Beijing // May 11th – 13th
Beijing, China
4th ARVR Innovate Conference // May 11th
Dublin, Ireland
World VR Forum // May 11th – May 14th
Crans-Montana, Switzerland
Unite Seoul // May 15th – 17th
Seoul, South Korea
VRWorld // May 16th – May 17th
Olympia, London
TECHSPO Toronto // May 18th – May 19th
Toronto, Canada
International Conference on Virtual Reality (IVCR) // May 19th – May 22nd
Hong Kong, China
VR Cluster via Broadcast Asia // May 23rd – May 25th
Singapore
LDV Vision Summit // May 24th – May 25th
New York, New York
Czech VR Fest // May 24th – 25th
Prague, Czech Republic
Augmented World Expo (AWE) // May 31st – June 2nd
Santa Clara, California
Augmented World Expo USA // June 1st-2nd
Santa Clara, California
Web3D // June 5th – June 7th
Brisbane, Australia
Consumer Electronics Show Asia (CES Asia) // June 7th – June 9th
Shanghai, China
InfoComm // June 10th – June 16th
Orlando, Florida
Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) // June 13th – 14th
Los Angeles, California
VR & AR World // June 13th – June 15th
London, England
TECHSPO LA // June 14th – June 15th
Los Angeles, California
Emerging Video Technologies // June 15th
New York, New York
International Conference on Virtual Rehabilitation // June 19th – 22nd
Montreal, Canada
VRTO Virtual & Augmented Reality World Conference & Expo // June 24th – June 26th
Toronto, Canada
Sensors // June 27th – June 29th
San Jose, California
Unite Amsterdam // June 27th – June 29th
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Virtual Reality Summit – Seoul // June 28th – June 30th
Seoul, South Korea
SIGGRAPH // July 20th – August 3rd
Los Angeles, California
