VBS 2026
The 15th Video Browser Showdown (VBS 2026) took place in January 2026 in Prague, Czech Republic, and it was an amazing event with 17 teams and a large crowd on-site.
Evaluating Interactive Video Retrieval at Large Scale in a Comparative Environment
Next: VBS 2027 in Siem Reap, Cambodia
The 16th edition of the Video Browser Showdown will take place in Siem Reap, Cambodia, at MMM 2027! We will use about 3800 hours of diverse video content from the V3C, MVK (Marine Video Kit) and LHE (Laparoscopic Hysterectomy) datasets. New teams that want to join should contact us as soon as possible, in order to share data, hints, and maybe even some tools that can help to start! Further down below you can also find examples of VBS systems, which will give you some inspiration for your own system.
VBS 2025
The 14th VBS took place as a hybrid event with 16 international teams in Nara, Japan. Many thanks to the local organizers and all participating teams for this exciting event!
VBS 2024
The 13th VBS took place as a hybrid event with 13 international teams, participating online and on-site in Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
VBS 2023
The 12th VBS took place as a hybrid event with 12 international teams, most of them participating on-site in Bergen, Norway, in the Media City Bergen!