This is the second EuroVis Workshop on Visualization Play, Games, and Activities that is collocated with the EuroVis conference taking place from June 8-12, 2026 in Nottingham, UK.
8th of June 2026, Nottingham, UK
🎉 We are excited to be part of EuroVis 2026!
Join us on June 8th, 2026 in Nottingham, UK. 🥳✨
All deadlines are at 11:59 pm (23:59) Anywhere on Earth (AoE)
March 20th 2026
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For the complete EuroVis schedule, visit the official program page
Opening & Fast-Forwards
World Café Session #1
Coffee Break
World Café Session #2
Feedback
Lunch Break
VisGames Challenge
Hands-on co-design & play-testing session
Coffee Break
Presentations & Discussion
Closing, Experiences & Feedback
Our mission is to advance data visualization games and playful activities as dynamic tools for communication, co-creation, and collaborative problem-solving in interdisciplinary environments and contexts.
We consider a data visualization game as an interactive activity or game-based tool that incorporates elements of data visualization to engage people in a playful way.
This workshop will showcase innovative uses of data visualization games beyond education, emphasizing their potential to enrich dialogue, build shared understanding, and inspire creative solutions in real-world contexts.
The full-day workshop will feature an opening and fast-forward session, two hands-on World Café-style sessions for exploring submitted visualization games, a new VisGames Challenge session, and a reflection session for discussing experiences and concluding the workshop.
The full workshop proposal is available here.
A hands-on co-design, play-testing session. Teams of 4-6 members will design innovative games using the Five Design Sheets methodology, brainstorm ideas, define audiences and rules, and create mini-test scenarios.
Demonstrate visualization games (e.g., card games, digital games, etc.) and engage with the audience by playing the games at the conference, in a World Café setting.
Submit an extended abstract in the VisGames template format. We will publish the extended abstracts in the online blog Nightingale, run by the Data Visualization Society, as well as in the EuroGraphics Digital Library.
The following topics fall within the scope of the workshop, but we encourage broader contributions.
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The workshop's extended abstract will be peer-reviewed by at least two PC members and one workshop organizer.
The maximum length for the extended abstract to the VisGames workshop is 2-6 pages including all images, acknowledgements, and references. We accept both double-blind (anonymized) and single-blind (not anonymized) submissions.
Submissions must be made using the Computer Graphics Forum style, using the conference LaTeX template for workshops. In the template you will find a proposed structure for the extended abstract.
Submission via PCS:
Society: Eurographics Conference: EuroVis 2026 Track: EuroVis 2026 VisGames
Important LaTeX step for VisGames submissions
In the EuroVis LaTeX template, make sure the VisGames command is uncommented so your paper is formatted correctly:
We are a small passionate team.
We are currently sending out invitations to distinguished researchers and experts in the field of visualization and games to join our Program Committee.
We will update this section once we have received responses from our invitees.
We look forward to announcing a vibrant and diverse Program Committee soon!
We would like to thank our dedicated reviewers for their valuable contributions to maintaining the quality of our workshop submissions.
Reviewer list will be published after the review process is complete.
Thank you to all our volunteer reviewers for their time and expertise!
Explore the evolution of visualization and games through our collection of accepted papers and research contributions from past workshop iterations.
Below are the papers accepted to the 2025 workshop, showcasing innovative research at the intersection of visualization and games.