We’ll be at IMMERSIVE X this week, and hope to see you there! Meanwhile, please enjoy this reposting of our preview interview with Organizer/Curator Thomas Zorbach.

This week is all about the future–and our role in it.

And you still have time to be a part of IMMERSIVE X 2026, the Global XR Festival!

Today, Monday, November 9th, is onboarding day for the sixth annual edition of the festival.

With the theme, “Reclaim the Future”, IMMERSIVE X 2026 will explore all the ways virtual reality can create a better future: in education, business, the arts and in multiple other areas.

This completely free event gathers speakers and guests from all over the world, to explore the ways immersive technology can bring us together to create something exciting.

IMMERSIVE X is accessible through both VR headsets and desktop computers, and the three days of sessions, starting tomorrow, November 10th, will include more than 125 presenters, in more than 70 sessions.

Thomas Zorbach is the Founder and CEO of Berlin-based immersive branding agency vm-people, as well as the Organizer and the Curator of IMMERSIVE X. In this interview, first published in October, he offers a preview of what’s going to be happening this week.

On this edition of Over Coffee® we cover:

• What’s new for IMMERSIVE X 2026;

• The reason for the optimism reflected in this year’s theme, “Reclaim the Future”;

• The creative process behind the curation of this year’s festival;

• A preview of the positive content participants will see;

• What attendees get to create, starting with the first session;

• Three aspects of the festival that everyone may not realize;

• Thomas’ suggestion for anyone who may have tried VR and been disappointed in it, in the past;

• One of his favorite experiences from last year’s festival;

• One “learning moment” that influenced what he and his team created for this year;

• How to register;

• A closer look at the upcoming session on the “sunrise” of Altspace;

• What Thomas would like participants to give back to the immersive community in the coming year;

• How to be an active participant in the festival sessions.