About Meaningful XR

💡About the Conference

The Meaningful XR conference has roots in the Meaningful Play conference hosted at Michigan State University (MSU) since 2008, the SPARTIE Lab at MSU, and the NSF-funded Beyond Meet Space project team. The inaugural Meaningful XR Conference (MXR24), held on Stanford University campus in May 2024, was characterized by 2.5 days (27+ hours) of spectacular presentations, intellectual conversations, and exciting (but safe!) social events. With ~90 participants, MXR hit a sweet spot in size: small enough for sufficiently long convos, large enough to meet many new people. We also supported remote attendance in a virtual world (in VR Chat) with a livestream of the physical conference room, with some physical attendees also in the virtual world via VR headset. …sounds about right for Meaningful XR. 

We hope you will consider joining us for MXR 2025 and becoming part of the growing Meaningful XR Community! 

Thanks,

Rabindra (Robby) Ratan, MXR Association Director

Jorge Pena, MXR 25 Conference Chair

Maxwell Foxman, MXR 25 Submissions Chair

David Beyea, MXR 25 Special Issue Chair

Brian Klebig, MXR 25 Submissions Vice Chair

Alex Leith, MXR 25 Special Issue Hybrid Chair