XR-NeuroHealth'26XR-NeuroHealth'26The 1st International Workshop on XR for Neurocognitive Assessment, Rehabilitation and Digital Biomarkers:Methods, Applications and Evaluation ChallengesCo-located with IEEE ISMAR 2026 · Bari, Italy · October 5–6, 2026 · Hybrid

ABOUT

Extended Reality (XR) technologies offer immersive environments for neurocognitive assessment, rehabilitation, and digital biomarker research, capturing rich behavioral and physiological data. However, shared methodological frameworks for designing tasks and translating telemetry into clinical measures are still lacking.
XR-NeuroHealth'26 brings together researchers, clinicians, and data scientists to address these validation and evaluation challenges. We welcome interdisciplinary contributions combining XR, HCI, AI, and clinical research. The workshop combines an invited keynote, short paper presentations, breakout discussions, a curated panel, a roundtable, and a collaborative agenda-building session.

TOPICS

I. XR-based Assessment & Rehabilitation Immersive therapy, chronic pain, neurological disorders, ecologically valid task design, human factors, serious games.
II. Telemetry, Multimodal Data & Digital Biomarkers HMD telemetry, motion tracking, gaze, physiological signals, AI/ML for multimodal health data.
III. Clinical Validation & Translation Study design, clinical standards, mixed-methods evaluation, translation into clinical measures and workflows.
IV. Ethics, Accessibility & Reproducibility Responsible data use, inclusive design for patients, open

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission Deadline 5 July 2026
Author Notification 17 July 2026
Camera-ready Deadline Late July 2026
Workshop October 5–6, 2026 · Bari, Italy science, reporting standards.

SUBMISSION

Short research papers 4–6 pages
Position papers, Demo / System papers, Clinical or methodological case studies 2–4 pages

All submissions in English, formatted with the IEEE Computer Society VGTC conference format (LaTeX: github.com/ieeevgtc/vgtc_conference_latex · Word: github.com/ieeevgtc/vgtc_conference_word). Accepted papers will be published in the ISMAR 2026 Adjunct Proceedings / IEEE Xplore.
Submit via: EasyChair — link to be announced on the workshop website

Organizing Committee

Alessandro Pagano - University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy - General Chair
Linda García Rytman - Universitat Jaume I – CEVI, Spain - Co-organizer
Rubén Garcia Vidal - Universitat Jaume I – INIT, Spain - Co-organizer
Giulio Mallardi - University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy

Contact: xrneurohealth@gmail.com · Website: https://xr-neurohealth.github.io