The Immersed 2016 conference is approaching fast, and this year it is expanding in a big way. The ITA (Immersive Technology Alliance) is preparing a robust lineup of experiences for attendees to take in at its annual immersive technology industry conference.

The ITA is expanding the Immersed conference in a big way. The Immersed conference is primarily for industry professionals, but this year’s event features a huge public exhibit that includes dozens of experiences and exhibits to take in. If you live in the Toronto area and you haven’t had a chance to experience VR, you’ll want to keep your schedule open between October 16 and 18.

Immersed 2016 will include plenty for the public. You can expect nearly 20 HTC Vive room-scale booths showcasing a variety of content. The demonstrations include a collaborative castle-building game with up to six people in VR, Mars, and the moon walks. You can also visit Disney’s Tomorrowland in VR. You’ll have the chance to experiment with new technologies, such as the latest advancements in immersive audio and gesture sensing devices. Immersed will even feature prototype VR HMD hardware.

If you work in the VR industry, the professional side of Immersed features discussion panels and presentations from various leaders in the immersive technology industries. Speakers include Daryl Sartain, AMD’s Director and Worldwide Head of Virtual Reality & Displays, John Schrage, Experience Design Architect at Autodesk, Tim Dashwood, Founder of Dashwood Cinema Solutions, and Bertrand Nepveu, CEO of Vrvana. This writer will even be hosting a discussion panel during the event (The Immersive Technology Panel, 1:30PM-2:15PM, Monday Oct 17).

The ITA is still working to lock down the full list of exhibits, but here’s what we can confirm so far:

Approaching 20 HTC Vive room scale VR demonstrations
Collaboratively build a VR castle with six people in virtual reality!
Experience VR empathy from an animal’s point of view with PETA
See how immersive technology is being used in medicine
Walk on the moon and Mars in virtual reality
Learn how 360 camera rigs work
Fly remote control helicopters with augmented reality!
Experience the magic of holograms
Hear the latest immersive audio technology
Try new gesture sensing devices
Walk between two skyscrapers at death defying heights
See how a desalination plant works in virtual reality
Try VR Polis and experience a recreation of the city of Santander that was filmed in 360 and remodeled in 3D.
Relive the Olympic training experience of Rio 2016 athletes in virtual reality
Visit Disney’s Tomorrowland in VR
Cast spells and defeat your opponents in collaborative room-scale VR
Try new VR HMD prototypes
Experimental glasses-free 3D technology being used by NASA!
Experience technologies by HTC, Oculus, Microsoft, and Google
And More!

Tickets are available through Eventbrite if you’re interested in attending the professional conference. You can find the schedule of professional workshops at the ITA website. Tickets to the public event are available at the door at the Ontario Science Center. Immersed 2016 runs from October 16 through 18. The public exhibit is open all three days.