It is our great pleasure to welcome you to the 25th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR), the premiere international conference focused on research in these domains! This year the name of the conference changed since the highly successful 12-year IEEE Symposium on 3D User Interfaces is brought back into the main VR conference. It is a tremendous honor to host the conference in Reutlingen on its first return to Germany since 2005. Reutlingen is situated nicely with respect to our research institutes, the city has the charm of a southern German town, and the recently built (2013) Stadthalle and concert venue has a professional team that is experienced in conferences highlighting innovation in technology. This venue has enabled us to create a large program both in scientific content and in terms of demonstration and exhibit space.