IEEE VR 2027
The leading academic VR conference, IEEE VR, meets in Melbourne from February 27 to March 3, 2027, with papers, demos, workshops and tutorials.
- February 27 – March 3, 2027
- All day
- Melbourne, Australia

IEEE VR, the IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, is the main international academic conference for research in virtual, augmented and mixed reality. The 2027 edition takes place in Melbourne, Australia, from February 27 to March 3, 2027.
According to the Melbourne Convention Bureau, the venue is the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre (MCEC). The event is expected to draw more than 800 international delegates. The bureau won the bid together with IEEE, Monash University and La Trobe University, with support from the Victorian Government.
The conference brings together researchers, practitioners, artists and industry leaders. The organizers have announced a week of:
- Peer-reviewed papers and posters
- Research demos
- Workshops, tutorials and panels
- Community events
This is mainly an event for academics, PhD students and industry R&D teams working on topics such as 3D interaction, perception, locomotion, rendering and collaborative VR. Paper submission deadlines closed in late August 2026. The program, registration and student volunteer details are posted on the official conference site.



