Extended Reality 5th International Conference, XR Salento 2026, Otranto, Italy, June 16–20, 2026, Proceedings, Part I

<p><span>The 5-volume set LNCS constitutes the proceedings of the International Conference on Extended Reality, XR Salento 2026, held in Otranto, Italy, during June 2026.<br></span></p> <p>The 154 full papers and 67 short papers presented in these volumes were carefully reviewed and selected from 262 submissions.</p> <p>The papers are organized in the following topical sections:</p> <p>Part I:  Virtual Reality; Augmented and Mixed Reality</p> <p>Part II: Extended Reality; Extended Reality in Education; Extended Reality in Medicine.</p> <p>Part III: XR for Art, Design, and Entertainment; Extended Reality for Archaeological Heritage: Integration, Validation, Reconstruction and Dissemination; AI-driven, Interactive, virtual and conversational agents in Cultural Heritage; Virtual Restoration and Digital Twins for Cultural Heritage; Artificial Intelligence and Digital Twins.</p> <p>Part IV: Digital Transformation and Advanced Technologies in Healthcare: From Complex Systems Modeling to XR-Driven Innovation; Extended Reality, Artificial Intelligence, and Biosignals in Biomedical Applications; Extended Reality in Rehabilitation.</p> <p>Part V: Digital Transformation and Advanced Technologies in Industry: From Complex Systems Modeling to XR-Driven Innovation; New Trends in Learning in the Virtual World; New Trends in Training in the Virtual World.</p>