Program IMMERSIVE X 2025

Program 2025

Get a first look at the topics, sessions, presenters, and platforms that will be featured at IMMERSIVE X 2025. Select your time zone to see when sessions start in your location. Full session details and booking options will be available starting early October.

Festival Year: IX2025

CET

17:30 CET

17:3045 min

Training Session

Arrival Space

Lisa Maria Egger

Training Session

Platform: Arrival Space

Location: Arrival Space

18:30 CET

18:3045 min

Training Session

Foretell Reality

DJ Smith

Training Session

Platform: Foretell Reality

Location: tba

19:30 CET

19:3045 min

Training Session

RAUM

Rolf Meßmer

Training Session

Platform: RAUM

Location: tba

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14:30 CET

14:3045 min

Get-together

IMMERSIVE X 2025 Warm-Up Curator’s Remarks

Thomas Zorbach, Dr. Ruth Diaz

Talk

Platform: VRChat

Location: AREA X

15:30 CET

15:3060 min

Get-together

IMMERSIVE X 2025 RED CARPET AT THE POLY’S THEATER

Ben Erwin

Platform: ENGAGE

Location: The Poly's Theater

16:00 CET

16:0045 min

Corporate

The State Of The Metaverse in 2026 Opening Note

Andy Fidel

Keynote

Platform: ENGAGE

Location: The Polys Theater

17:00 CET

17:0045 min

Society

UNHOME Experiencing Homelessness in VR

Henning Westerwelle, Chris Poelmann

Presentation

Platform: VRChat

Location: Agog House

18:00 CET

18:0045 min

Arts

Ink Never Dies How We Reimagined Calligraphy for the Metaverse

Olga Kai

Experience

Platform: VRChat

Location: Vertical Horizon/361 Degrees

19:00 CET

19:0045 min

Transformation

Solutions For A World Without Borders Where Women Thrive

Helen Erwin, Dee Dee Chainey-Jones, Paige Dansinger, Dr. Anju Bhargava

Panel

Platform: ENGAGE

Location: The Foremothers Cafe

20:00 CET

20:0045 min

Health

Humanizing The Virtual World Cultural Treatment In VR

Jo Adrian Haavind

Presentation + Performance

Platform: VRChat

Location: TheatreBaffo

20:0045 min

Entertainment

heyVR.io The Journey Of Building a Platform for VR and AR Browser Games

Marc Neuhoff

Talk + Experience

Platform: Hubs

21:00 CET

21:0045 min

Entertainment

The Show Must Go… In The Metaverse

Maud Clavier

Talk + World Hop

Platform: VRChat

Location: AREA X et al

22:00 CET

22:0045 min

Arts

Redefining Dance Education in VR The VR Dance Academy Experience

DustBunny

Performance + Q&A

Platform: VRChat

Location: VRDA Performance Stage

23:00 CET

23:0045 min

Get-together

Club VIOLET Dream Bigger IMMERSIVE X 2025 Official Opening Party

VenusSX, DJ Ru

Party

Platform: VRChat

Location: VIOLET in Empire of Love

00:00 CET

00:0045 min

Culture

The Theatre Of Death Dramatic Séance | Tadeusz Kantor

SHUSHU VR

Talk

Platform: VRChat

Location: The Anatomical Theatre

01:00 CET

01:0045 min

Culture

Mortality Murals Ephemeral Street Art in VR

Tom Nickel

Talk + Experience

Platform: VRChat

Location: Culture of Death

02:00 CET

02:0045 min

Culture

Preserving the Legacy of Digital Culture The Virtual Worlds Museum™ Living Archive

Julian Reyes

Talk

Platform: Spatial

Location: Virtual Worlds Museum™ Event Hub

03:00 CET

03:0045 min

Transformation

Becoming Us Again Conflict, Compassion, and the Practice of Presence

Dr. Ruth Diaz

Keynote

Platform: ENGAGE

Location: Karls Virtual Retreat

04:00 CET

04:0044.916666666667 min

Corporate

Crafting Virtual Worlds Walkabout Mini Golf’s Design Journey

Sarah Balman, Ellie Sizemore, Henning Koczy , Don Carson

Talk

Platform: VRChat

Location: AREA X

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10:00 CET

10:0045 min

Technology

Mixed Reality Collaboration Bridging Physical and Digital Workspaces

Benjamin Daniel, Erwin Küchel, Christian Spiekermann

Talk + Demo

Platform: SpatiaLink

11:00 CET

11:0045 min

Culture

What European XR Can Offer the World A Future of Trustworthy and Inclusive Virtual Worlds

Michael Barngrover

Talk

Platform: ENGAGE

Location: Karls Virtual Retreat

12:00 CET

12:0045 min

Corporate

Insurance Meets Metaverse How ERGO is Shaping Value Creation

Robert Alexander Heinrich

Presentation

Platform: RAUM

Location: Rock House

13:00 CET

13:0045 min

Corporate

Is Virtual2Physical the next big Thing for Online Retail and Branding?

Björn Ognibeni

Presentation

Platform: ENGAGE

Location: Karls Virtual Retreat

14:00 CET

14:0045 min

Corporate

igus Application of VR in Sales, Design, and Training Processes

Oliver Rosito

Talk + Experience

Platform: RAUM

Location: iguverse

15:00 CET

15:0045 min

Corporate

How to Save the Metaverse A Look Back and a Look Forward

Sean Keogh, Daniel Schaefer

Presentation

Platform: VRChat

Location: AREA X

16:00 CET

16:0045 min

Arts

The Death of the Audience How XR is Rewriting the Future of the Arts

Kathrine Fremming

Presentation

Platform: VRChat

Location: Agog House

17:00 CET

17:0045 min

Corporate

Castle of KYSS Creating A Safe Space For Romance Fans

Stephanie Bagehorn, Andrea Luck, Austin Caine (Cause), Christi Fenison, Cody Fenison, Andy Fidel, Christopher Morrison

Panel + Experience

Platform: VRChat

Location: Castle of KYSS

18:00 CET

18:0045 min

Health

Conversational AI in Healthcare

Ines Heitkamp, DJ Smith, Lyron Bentovim, Anne Seubert

Talk + Demo

Platform: Foretell Reality

Location: MTX Future World

18:0045 min

Technology

3D/4D Gaussian Splatting in Metaverse and VFX

Georgy Molodtsov

Workshop

Platform: Arrival Space

Location: IMMERSIVE X

19:00 CET

19:0045 min

Arts

Creating Artworks with Gaussian Splats

Nadia Bey, Carla Knopp, Lisa Maria Egger

World Hop

Platform: Arrival Space

Location: IMMERSIVE X

20:00 CET

20:0045 min

Academia

Tech for Good for Africa

Diana Njeri, Tom Nickel, Edward Paul Munaaba, Nick Were, Yahuza Ahmed Magaji, Luvai Lijoodi, Lisbet XR, Vangile Makwakwa, Paul Simon Waiyaki

Performance + Panel

Platform: ENGAGE

Location: Africa VR Campus and Center

21:00 CET

21:0045 min

Get-together

Meet the VR Family Building Real Connections in Virtual Worlds

Pierre Kretschmer

Experience

Platform: RAUM

Location: Stonehenge

22:00 CET

22:0045 min

Technology

MetaTr@versal. Bringing Immersive to the Masses Building a Creator to Consumer 3D Content Distribution Pipeline

Daniel Ljunggren, Evo Heyning, Jonathan Hale, Ben Erwin

Panel

Platform: ENGAGE

Location: The Polys Theater

23:00 CET

23:0045 min

Culture

Immersive Afterlife Exploring Death, Grief and Human Connection in the Age of XR and AI

Ryan Astheimer, Niko Lang, Daniel Rumel, SHUSHU VR, Paul Simon Waiyaki, Tom Nickel

Panel

Platform: VRChat

Location: Culture of Death

23:0045 min

Society

Avatars Take Over From Stand-ins to Superpowers

Vanessa Borkmann, Christopher Werth

Fireside Chat

Platform: VRChat

Location: AREA X

00:00 CET

00:0045 min

Society

Raising the Bar Next-Gen Legal Education

Melissa Heidrick, Robin Moulder, Sophia Moshasha

Panel

Platform: ENGAGE

01:00 CET

01:0045 min

Society

Consent Game Real Social Skills

VenusSX, Ilker Bahar

Experience + Game

Platform: VRChat

Location: Elysium in Empire of Love

02:00 CET

02:0044.966666666667 min

Technology

The MIT Reality Hack Building the Future of XR

Mary Anne Powers

Platform: VRChat

Location: Area X

03:00 CET

03:0045 min

Academia

Urban Tragedy 2050 An Immersive Educational Experience

Niko Lang, SHUSHU VR, Thomas Zorbach

Experience

Platform: VRChat

Location: Urban Tragedy| 2050

04:00 CET

04:0045 min

Entertainment

Designing XR Instruments From Sketch to Sound

Lauren Schroeder

Presentation

Platform: VRChat

Location: AREA X

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10:00 CET

10:0045 min

Health

The AngstVRei Project Gamification & VR Against School Anxiety

Marcos Delebé, Stephan Kiefer

Presentation

Platform: Foretell Reality

Location: MTX Future World

11:00 CET

11:0045 min

Academia

From Headset to Heart Crafting your First Narrative VR Experience

Alina Mikhaleva

Workshop

Platform: ENGAGE

12:00 CET

12:0045 min

Transformation

From the Unseen to the Embodied A Neuroaesthetic Journey of Becoming

Simeone Scaramozzino

Talk

Platform: VRChat

Location: AREA X

12:0045 min

Arts

MormoVerse A Cross-Platform Approach To Survive In Metaverse

Georgy Molodtsov

Experience

Platform: Somnium Space

13:00 CET

13:0045 min

Arts

Aomame Space A Metaverse Manifesto For A More Inclusive Art World

Ric Bower

Presentation

Platform: VRChat

Location: AREA X

14:00 CET

14:0045 min

Culture

The Future Of Immersive Experiences

Teresa Balestrieri, Marie Kuss, Alina Mikhaleva, Anne Seubert

Panel

Platform: VRChat

Location: Agog House

15:00 CET

15:0045 min

Health

The Mystery of Pure Awareness A Guided Meditation in VR

Daniel Rumel

Experience

Platform: VRChat

Location: Shoshin˸ Buddhist Temple

16:00 CET

16:0045 min

Arts

STRANGEWAYS Unveiled Crafting a Digital Masterpiece

Adam Lieber, Chris Bianchi

Experience + Q&A

Platform: VRChat

Location: Strangeways

16:0045 min

Health

Private, Present & Fully Heard How Virtual Reality is Reclaiming the Power of Anonymous Peer Support

Dr. Amanda Wilson, Dr. Lisa Chiodo

Talk

Platform: Foretell Reality

17:00 CET

17:0045 min

Health

Healing Beyond Walls VR Social Support For Patients At SickKids

Shaindy Alexander, DJ Smith

Fireside Chat

Platform: Foretell Reality

17:0045 min

Academia

Niko’s Mycelumia Shore Learning from a Visionary Worldbuilder’s Journey

Niko Lang

Experience

Platform: VRChat

Location: Niko's Mycelumia Shore

18:00 CET

18:0045 min

Academia

Immersive Learning Beyond the Classroom

Chris Madsen, Birgit Giering, Marlene May, Wolf Arne Storm, Prof. Dr. Dr. Björn Bohnenkamp

Panel

Platform: ENGAGE

Location: Karls Virtual Retreat

19:00 CET

19:0045 min

Technology

AI, WebXR and the Future of the Immersive Web

Adam Filandr

Presentation

Platform: Hubs

19:0090 min

Transformation

Conflict Resiliency in XR

Dr. Ruth Diaz

Workshop

Platform: VRChat

Location: DOT Model Classroom

20:00 CET

20:0045 min

Transformation

The Lotus Mirror of Self-Reflection A Sensory Expansion

VenusSX

Experience

Platform: VRChat

Location: Elysium in Empire of Love

20:0045 min

Technology

Will AR Be The Big Immersive Breakthrough?

Chidi Nwaubani, Heather Dunaway Smith, Lien Tran, Christopher Morrison

Panel

Platform: VRChat

Location: AREA X

21:00 CET

21:0045 min

Entertainment

Inside “Uncanny Alley” Behind The Curtain of Immersive Theatre in VR

Ferryman Collective

Experience

Platform: VRChat

Location: Uncanny Alley

22:00 CET

22:0045 min

Entertainment

When Metal Music Meets Fortnite

Maud Clavier

Talk + World Hop

Platform: Fortnite

Location: Hellfest

23:00 CET

23:0045 min

Get-together

Hop ‘Til You Drop The Legendary World-Tour by Mel and Klaus

Klaus Lemm, Mel

World Hop

Platform: VRChat

Location: AREA X et al

00:00 CET

00:0060 min

Get-together

Bratwurst Wonderland IMMERSIVE X 2025 Closing Party

Klaus Lemm, Mel

Party

Platform: VRChat

Location: Bratwurst Wonderland

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