SC: Equity PART I — FORESIGHT SNAPSHOT  |  SC: Equity  |  Fixed Time-Stamped Synthesis SC: Equity Card Type Societal Challenge Series Immersive Futures Guild — Vision 2035 Layer 1 — Atomic Foresight Object Status Active Confidence Medium Workshop Circle of Scholars — January 2026 Facilitator Circle of Scholars Workshop Team Tags equity  |  access  |  justice  |  layer1  |  sc Tally.so Form https://tally.so/r/ilrn-if-sc-equity-2026 Access to immersive learning technologies is unevenly distributed across geographic, economic, racial, and linguistic lines. The benefits of XR, AI, and spatial computing are not automatically democratizing — without deliberate design and policy intervention, they risk reinforcing existing educational inequalities or creating new ones. Equity in the Guild Codex is treated as a structural condition, not a value to be balanced against other considerations. Key Drivers / Contributing Conditions: Hardware cost and availability disparities across regions and income groups Bandwidth and infrastructure inequality in rural and Global South contexts Cultural and linguistic content gaps in commercial XR platforms Teacher capacity inequalities as an equity multiplier Educational and Design Implications: Mandatory equity impact assessment for Guild-affiliated immersive projects Low-cost and offline-capable design as a first-class requirement Geographic Chapters as organizational equity mechanism Tensions Carried Forward to Part II: How should iLRN weigh conference XR investments against equity implications for under-resourced members? When does 'accessible design' satisfy equity requirements versus perpetuating a two-tier system? Linked Scenarios / Strands: See cross-links above Ways of Knowing: Tree  ·  Garden  ·  Lantern PART II — COMMUNITY EVIDENCE & DIALOGUE TRACK  |  SC: Equity  |  H2 2026 — Living T COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION FORM  —  SC: Equity Submit case examples, methodological challenges, cultural perspectives, and proposed evidence criteria via: https://tally.so/r/ilrn-if-sc-equity-2026 Part II — Scope and Instructions This section collects community responses, case examples, and challenges to the Part I foresight snapshot above. It opens July 1, 2026 and undergoes synthesis review in September 2026, November 2026, and January 2027. Contributions are submitted via the Tally.so form above and appear in the registers below after editorial review. The Part I text is not modified in response to Part II contributions; it is versioned at the Annual Handoff review. Contribution categories:  Case Example  |  Methodological Challenge  |  Cultural/Community Perspective  |  Proposed Evidence Criterion Ways of Knowing accepted:  Tree (evidence)  |  Garden (practice)  |  Lantern (futures) Tensions Open for Community Response: How should iLRN weigh conference XR investments against equity implications for under-resourced members? When does 'accessible design' satisfy equity requirements versus perpetuating a two-tier system? Contributor / Date Category Way of Knowing Contribution Summary [ Awaiting contributions — form opens July 1, 2026 ]