ISMAR 2023, the premier conference for Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR), and Virtual Reality (VR), collectively referred to as eXtended Reality (XR), was held in Sydney from October 16-20, 2023 where I served as one of the honorary general chairs. CSIRO was one of the conference sponsors this year.

IEEE ISMAR is the premier conference for Augmented Reality (AR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Virtual Reality (VR), which attracts the world’s leading researchers from both academia and industry. ISMAR explores the advances in commercial and research activities related to AR, MR, and VR by continuing the expansion of its scope over the past several years. The conference is planned to include two days of workshops, tutorials, and contests, and three days of presentations of scientific papers, posters, and demonstrations. In addition, exhibitions will be arranged to promote the interactions and exchange between industry and academia.

My deepest thanks and congratulations to Barrett Ens, Denis Kalkofen, Gelareh Mohammadi, Frank Guan the General Chairs for IEEE ISMAR 2023.