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Founders Demo Night
An evening for students curious about building a business, product or service — a panel of founders and engineers, XR and product demos, networking, and free pizza at District 3.
Montreal · Quebec · Est. 2022
Extended
reality
in Montreal
McGillXR is a student-run organization that educates, innovates and leads in extended reality — augmented, virtual and mixed. We run hackathons, workshops and screenings, and we bridge the gap between the immersive media industry and students across Montreal.
- Events run since 2022
- 22
- Students at our hackathons
- 231+
- XR projects built
- 45
Next event
Recently
Hackathons at the Shriners Hospital, VR cinema with Festival du Nouveau Cinéma, Unity workshops from scratch. Every event we have run is on the record.
hackathon
CareXR
McGillXR's largest hackathon — 105 participants built 23 VR and AR projects for child and family wellbeing over a weekend at the Shriners Hospitals for Children.
social
CareXR Social Mixer
The kickoff for CareXR — participants met potential teammates, heard from guest speakers and started brainstorming over dinner.
workshop
CareXR Pre-Hack Workshops
Four free sessions before CareXR — building for VR in Unity and in Unreal Engine 5, then two online sessions on building for Snap Spectacles, led by Snap.
Supported by
The organizations behind CareXR in 2026 — and 31 who have backed us since 2022.
Snap Inc.
The company behind Snapchat and the Spectacles AR glasses.
Shriners Hospitals for Children — Canada
Pediatric orthopaedic hospital in Montreal, and the home of our hackathons.
SickKids Foundation
The fundraising foundation of The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.
Centre for Digital Brain Therapies (CDBT)
National hub for digital brain therapies at the Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre.
Network for Applied Technology (NAT)
Edmonton nonprofit running workshops and competitions in emerging technology, including natHacks.
Forces AVENIR
Quebec organization that recognizes and promotes student engagement.