On November 13th-15th, the IEAI´s Dr. Auxane Boch, alongside the immersive realities working group at the TUM Think Tank, the Responsible XR HUB Nürnberg, and Women in AI Germany, Austria & Switzerland, Accenture, AI Grid, Devpost and StellDirVor gathered an interdisciplinary group of students and professionals at a three-day Hackathon.
HACK:XR+AI 2025 – Shaping XR + AI for Good, was an exploration of how XR and AI can shape our digital futures responsibly through the following tracks:
– AI in Immersive Environments
– Social Agents in Immersive Worlds
– Gamification in AR
Teams attended workshops and received guidance from experts throughout the hackathon. A jury of experts in AI, XR, and tech then met to evaluate the 12 projects.
The winners were:
– Overall Winner: Aura – an unbiased XR speaking and presentation app for communication disorders.
– Best Idea: ThXRrdSpace – a platform that leverages AI to provide an infrastructure for peer support communities and avoids unwanted emotional dependencies on AI agents
– Best Technical: PigeonTown – a mixed-reality “village” where learners practice cultural scenarios with embodied AI agents
– Best Ethics: Untangle – an XR experience that helps people reflect on their emotions through gentle, guided check-ins grounded in affective and positive psychology.
Read more about the winning projects and watch their project videos here.
The IEAI would like to thank the TUM Think Tank for making this large-scale event possible, as well as the participants, mentors, jury members, co-organizers and supporters, whose contributions made HACK:XR+AI 2025 a resounding success!
