Founded in 2022, we are a group of grounded visionaries.

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We are a non-profit organization based out of Harvard that hosts annual conferences and explores the boundaries of XR, AI, experiential tech, and spatial computing.

Our goal is to provide a platform for students, researchers, practitioners, and entrepreneurs to discuss how digital realities are shaping the future across industries including entertainment, education, tech, and healthcare.

Past Conference Topics and Chairs

#04
HXR 2026: XR+ From Pixel to Voxel
Jenny Jiang
Jiaying Li
Jason Xuan
Zoe Liu
Ash He
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#03
HXR 2025: Augmented Self
Jenny Jiang
Zihao Zhang
Hongbee Park
Winkie Tian

#02
HXR 2024: Extended Intelligence
Nix Liu Xin
Jenny Jiang
Yiqi Yan
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#01
HXR 2023: Inaugural Conference
Nix Liu Xin
Jenny Jiang
Jiajian Min
Yun Fan

2026 Team Members

Jia Chen
Marketing Lead
Parsons School of Design, The New School
Visual Artist and Storyteller
Alexia Asgari
User Experience Lead
Harvard MDes Mediums 2024
Creative Technologist
Yutong Wang
Design Lead
Harvard GSD
Multimedia Artist and Designer
Justin Wei
Tech Lead / Quality Control
Harvard GSAS/SEAS
Marketing Strategist & Data Scientist
Arturo Li/Penghui Li
China Academy of Art / Co-founder of Convolution Kernel & Gravitational Spectrum \ CG Artist
Co-founder of Convolution Kernel & Gravitational Spectrum \ CG Artist
Teresa Li
Sponsorship Team
Harvard GSD
Designer
Cynthia Zhuge
Onsite Volunteer Lead
Harvard GSD
Landscape Designer
Riddhi Kasar
External Relations Lead
Harvard GSD
Design Engineer
Daniel Davila
Brochure Content Lead, Club Outreach Manager, and Discord Manager
Berklee College of Music Alumnus
Founder & CEO of AMBRA Live Productions
Wenxin Li
Website Manager, Sponsorship team
Harvard GSD
Designer
Yuan Zhang
Logistics Lead
Harvard GSD
Landscape Designer
Jiaying Li
Design Team Lead
Rhode Island School of Design
Designer
Leah Bian
Creative Tech Lead
Harvard GSD MDes Mediums
Designer
Yuhan Wang
Designer / 3D Content Creator
GSD MDes Mediums
Computational Designer, HCI Researcher
Zijian Chen
Visual Director
Convolution Kernel
Artist,Co-founder of Convolution Kernel
Chuchu Qi
Marketing, Social Media
Harvard GSD
Huiyu Chen
marketing/volunteer
Brown and RISD / Design Engineering
Artist
Hua Fan
Sponsorship Team
Harvard GSD
Desinger
Yujia Qian
External Relations Coordinator
Harvard GSD
Design Engineer
Yihan Ling
On-site Volunteer Lead
Wellesley College
Media Arts & Sciences and Math Student
Lia Chen
Experience Design Fellow
Brown University
Art History & Media Studies Student
Robyn Wang
External Relation Fellow
Harvard GSD
Designer and Proposal Strategist
Jianuo Xuan
Operation Team Member
Harvard GSD
Designer
Zoe Jingyi Liu
Design and Marketing Team
GSD / MLA I 27' / Graduate Student
Designer
Arman Shantayev
Speakers Session Organizer
MIT / SDM / Immersion Lab
Graduate Fellow
Yuhe (Claire) Xue
Operation Team, Discord Management
Wellesley College
Prospective Date Science and MAS Double Major Student

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Past Conference Chairs

Nix Liu Xin
Co-Founder
Harvard GSD, MIT Media Lab
Founder, Onceness / Play.Work Labs
Jenny Jiang
Co-Founder
Harvard GSD/SEAS
Founder at Exponenself
Hongbee Park
2025 Conference Co-Chair
Harvard GSD
Product Leader & Design Engineer
Zihao Zhang
2025 Conference Co-Chair
Columbia University
Co-Founder at WanderLens Lab
Winkie Tian
2025 Conference Co-Chair
Harvard GSD
Design Technologist & Product Designer
Yiqi Yan
2024 Co-Lead
Harvard GSD/SEAS, MIT Media Lab
Gamification Design
Yun Fan
2023 Co-Founder
Harvard Graduate School of Education
Founder at Future University
Jiajian Min
2023 Co-Founder
Harvard FAS CAMLab
Co-Founder at MYStudio

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Past Team Members

Elizabeth Huang
Design Team
Wellesley College
CS Student
Candice Wu
Lead Creative Technologist
Harvard, MIT
Creative Tech, Unreal & 3D Generalist
José Pimentel
Logistics, Cleanup
Autonomous University of Santo Domingo
JavaScript Person
Wenbo Zhang
Volunteer
Harvard GSD/SEAS
Architect / Design Instructor
Jia Chen
Marketing Lead
Parsons School of Design, The New School
Visual Artist and Storyteller
Sanya Chauhan
External Relations
MIT Sloan School of Management
Masters of Business Analytics Candidate '24
Yanpeng (Cole) Leng
Public Relations Lead
Harvard GSD
Urban Designer
Jing Ye
Marketing Team
School of Visual Arts
CG Lighter, Environmental Modeler
Sara Falkson
Designer
Harvard University
Design Engineer
Yutong Wang
Design Lead
Harvard GSD
Multimedia Artist and Designer
An Tran
Design Team
Tufts University
Product Designer, New Media Artist
Cathy Luo
Operations Lead
Harvard SEAS
Operations Fellow
Yuhe (Claire) Xue
Operation Team, Discord Management
Wellesley College
Prospective Date Science and MAS Double Major Student
Jiaying Li
Design Team Lead
Rhode Island School of Design
Designer
Leah Bian
Creative Tech Lead
Harvard GSD MDes Mediums
Designer
Haysie Chung
Creative Technologist
Wellesley College
Media Arts and Sciences Student
Alexia Asgari
User Experience Lead
Harvard MDes Mediums 2024
Creative Technologist
Jason Jia
Partnerships Lead
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Data Scientist
Yuan Zhang
Logistics Lead
Harvard GSD
Landscape Designer
Sophia Yang
Logistics Team
Harvard SEAS
Data Analyst
Casey Armstrong
Sponsorship Lead
Digital Thing(s)
XR Project Manager and Technical Writer

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