OHIOXR Conference 2026

Ohio has a secret the coastal tech hubs haven't caught onto yet. While everyone else chases headlines about consumer XR gadgets, Ohio institutions are quietly doing the real work, across aerospace, healthcare, manufacturing, education, and finance. Hobbyists and independent builders are right there with them, often experimenting ahead of the institutions. The problem is none of these people have ever been in the same room. OhioXR is Ohio's first cross-industry XR conference, built to close that gap. One day. Three tracks. Practitioners, executives, investors, students, and the curious, all under one roof, actually talking to each other instead of past each other. No vendor pitches disguised as talks. No pay-to-speak stage. What's happening Ohio Showcase: What Ohio institutions and builders are creating, with real case studies Technical Deep Dives: Architecture, tooling, and implementation details for developers and practitioners Business & Strategy: ROI frameworks and adoption playbooks for decision-makers Why now This is the inaugural year. The people in the room on October 16 are the ones who'll be able to say they were there when Ohio's XR ecosystem started taking shape. Seats are intentionally limited. This isn't a 500-person trade show floor, it's built for the kind of conversations that only happen when the room is small enough to actually talk to the person next to you. Join us October 16 at the PAST Foundation Innovation Lab in Columbus.