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Overview & Workspace

This project page providesserves as the single-source overview ofand shared workspace for the 4th State of XR & Immersive Learning Report. It hosts the working structure for synthesis, progress tracking, and coordination across all regional chapters and the Indigenous XR Special Call. This page anchors the project in its mission and provides tools for contributors to work together efficiently.Manage, synthesize, and prepare the global environmental scan into a unified 2026 report. This book functions as the coordination hub and final showcase space, weaving together the five regional scans and the Special Call on Indigenous XR into a coherent narrative for iLRN 2026 in Athens.

 

iLRN is launching the 4th State of XR & Immersive Learning Report, the next cyclepart of ouriLRN’s global Immersive Futures initiative. ThisIt year’sprovides effortthe isstructural significantlybackbone expanded:for wesynthesis, arecoordination, runningand progress tracking across all five Continental Regions and the Indigenous-Led XR Special Call. All contributors should regard this page as the primary reference point for project scope, timelines, workflows, and submission pathways.

The book operates as both a coordinated,coordination multi-hub and the final home of the 2026 report. It brings together regional scan;environmental issuingscans, acommunity-submitted signals, scholarly Callpapers, for Paperssimulations, and Simulations;Indigenous-led and integrating community-generated datacontributions into a comprehensive, peer-reviewedunified publication to be released in early 2026.2026 and showcased at iLRN2026 (online and in Athens).

Project Overview

iLRN has launched the fourth edition of the State of XR & Immersive Learning Report, an expanded cycle that now integrates:

  • A coordinated global environmental scan, organized through Continental Regional Hubs

  • A Call for Papers and Simulations for the scholarly collection

  • A Special Call for Indigenous-Led XR Contributions

  • Community-driven data collection feeding into a peer-reviewed, internationally indexed publication

From now through December 2025,2025, educators, researchers, designers, practitioners,technologists, and innovatorspractitioners across ourthe five Continental Regions are examining developments thatshaping defineimmersive thelearning currentworldwide. momentEach regional team is identifying signals across technologies, pedagogies, cultural contexts, and application domains in immersive learning. Together, we are tracking emerging technologies, pedagogical shifts, cultural and environmental signals, and applications across education, workplace learning,workforce, and public engagement.

Scan Participation (Nov–Dec 2025)

ThroughoutContributors Novembertake andpart December,in participantsseveral cancoordinated engage in:activities:

  • Weekly horizon scans inside ourwithin Continental Hub Discord channels

  • Cross-regional discussions comparing practices,insights, technologies,approaches, and methodological insightsdevelopments

  • Signal identification across educational, cultural, industry,societal, and societalindustry domainscontexts

  • Collaborative sensemaking thatto informsinform report structure, priorities, and emerging themes

This distributed scan forms the structureevidence andbase priorities offor the 2026 reportreport.

Synthesis Phase (Jan 2026)

In January 2026, regionalRegional teamsTeams and iLRN Chapters will synthesizeproduce theirconcise findings into short geographic reports.synthesis Contributorsreports to(4,000–6,000 thesewords syntheses+ appendices). These documents integrate the signals, trends, and region-specific narratives surfaced during scanning.

All contributors participating in the synthesis process will be recognizedlisted as co-authors inof the published Immersive Futures: State of XR & Immersive Learning 2026 report.volume.

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Special Call forCall: Indigenous-Led XR Contributions

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The alsoIndigenous-Led underway.Special Call invites contributions from Indigenous scholars, Elders, youth, storytellers, designers, youth,researchers, and community partnerspartners. areSubmissions invitedmay include:

  • Protocols and guidance for immersive storytelling

  • Land-based learning practices

  • Approaches to share protocols, land-based practices, storytelling approaches, and sovereignty-centered design

  • Community-informed XR or mobile immersive projects.projects

These contributions form a dedicated section of the report and will be featured prominently in the final report and highlighted atduring iLRN2026 (online and in Athens)..

Ways to Participate

  • Join your Continental Hub on Discord
    Email futures@immersivelrn.org to request access and take part in weekly scans (email futures@immersivelrn.org to request access to our Discord)scans.

  • Submit a full paper, short paper, or simulation
    Upload (via EasyChair) by January 10, 2026 (link provided below).

  • Respond to the Indigenous-Led Special Call with
    Share culturally grounded work for inclusion in the report.

  • Volunteer as a reviewer or sensemaking partner during the January
    Regional synthesis periodoccurs throughout January 2026.

  • ShareContribute regional or institutional data
    Support todevelopment help buildof a more complete comparative global picturepicture.

You’ll find theThe full Call for Papers, Simulations & Regional Scans is linked below.at the bottom of this page. Additional onboarding sessions, opportunities—including athe dedicated Immersive Futures webinarWebinar series,Series and orientation sessions—are postedlisted on the iLRN Events Calendar at immersivelrn.org.

Purpose of This Workspace

This year’page anchors the project’s mission and provides the tools required for effective collaboration across the network. Contributors will find:

  • Structural guidance for regional and global synthesis

  • Links to onboarding resources, submission pathways, and templates

  • Progress tracking and coordination notes

  • Access to interim analyses and cross-regional signal discussions

The 2026 cycle aimsis designed to strengthen global capacity across the worldwidefor immersive learning communityscholarship and to developbuild rigorous,a shared, regionally informed insightsfoundation intofor understanding where the field is heading.

We invitewelcome youyour to take partparticipation in shaping this sharedcollective future.effort.

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