Signals XR Lab 2025

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Signals Creative Tech Expo, Oct 3 - 12, 2025 | DigiBC Studio, Vancouver, BC

Develop your work. Gain mentorship. Bring your work to the public.

The Signals XR Lab supports the incredible work of equity-deserving XR producers and studios across Canada and Turtle Island.

Applications are now closed but stay tuned to meet our 2025 XR cohort.

From Idea to Exhibition:

Grow Your XR Work with Expert Support

The Signals XR Lab is a one-of-a-kind platform for creators working in XR, virtual production, and immersive storytelling. It offers the structure, tools, and guidance needed to bring bold ideas to life—and to showcase them on the world stage at the 2025 Signals Creative Tech Expo, running October 3–12.

Lab participants benefit in countless ways, including:

Hands-on mentorship from leading voices in the industry, including Loretta Todd, Loc Dao, Debi Wong, and guest advisors from the Signals Alumni network
Access to cutting-edge tech through the Signals XR Hardware Library (headsets, mocap rigs, gaming computers, and more)
Professional and compassionate support to help prepare a project for public exhibition at Signals 2025

Whether you’re just starting out or refining a prototype, the Signals XR Lab is your launchpad.

Lab participants benefit in countless ways, including:

Hands-on mentorship from leading voices in the industry, including Loretta Todd, Loc Dao, Debi Wong, and guest advisors from the Signals Alumni network
Access to cutting-edge tech through the Signals XR Hardware Library (headsets, mocap rigs, gaming computers, and more)
Professional and compassionate support to help prepare a project for public exhibition at Signals 2025

Curatorial Team

Loretta Sarah Todd

IM4 Lab

Debi Wong

re:Naissance Opera

Loc Dao

DigiBC

2025 Projects

We’re getting ready to share the selected projects—check back soon!

How It Works: 4 Phases

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Mark your calendar for October 3–12, 2025, to see these projects at the Signals exhibition.

2024 Lab Projects

Aexia

Aexia is a platform for creating, sharing and playing VR role-playing games.

Calling Home

Calling Home is a narrative roleplay set in the expansive world building platform of Aexia.

Digital Feast

What was taken can be made anew, the spirits of our ceremony wait for us to take up our lost practices and make new ones as the world opens up into the virtual.

Point of Reflection

Exploring themes of delayed trauma, race, confrontation, and introspection, Point of Reflection gives participants the opportunity to process all that has transpired over the past four years.

Protopica

Protopica is a realm where you can envision future possibilities and explore forgotten pasts.

sumaxatkʷ (huckleberry)

sumaxatkʷ offers a beautiful prayer song and immersive experience to spark conversations about the beauty and importance of st̓xałq and land.