Talks, Demos and Live Performance of »Phygital Intimacy« on 25.09.2025 at the Kulturforum Berlin
On September 25–26, 2025, the XXII. International Conference KUI – Culture and Computer Science will take place at the Kulturforum Berlin. As the final networking event of our current project funding, we warmly invite Berlin’s independent arts and culture scene to join us for the public Conference Session III »Hybrid…
XR ART & NETWORKING on 25.06.25
Herzliche Einladung zu unserem 6. Jahresevent XR ART & NETWORKING am Mittwoch, 25. Juni 2025, an der HTW Berlin! Dieses Jahr ist es eine gemeinsame Veranstaltung mit dem neuen Immersive Technologies Hub (ITH) an unserer Hochschule. Freut euch mit uns auf inspirierende Talks, eine offene Fishbowl-Diskussion, XR-Workshops und großartige XR-Projekte an…
Our project at MANIFEST:IO festival 2025
Happy to be part of this year’s MANIFEST:IO, the Symposium for New Media and Electronic Art in Berlin! 💫 Our AURORA XR School for Artists is partner of the festival organised and curated by Harshini Karunaratne, Basel Naouri and team – and together with our Artistic Fellows, we will present…
And the fellowship 2025 goes to …
The AURORA XR Fellowship 2024/25 goes to Lisa Kaschubat, Tasha Hess-Neustadt and Jane Arnison with their concept for PHYGITAL INTIMACY! PHYGITAL INTIMACY (AT) is a speculative vision of the future that combines live performance, mixed reality (MR), gaming and AI with contemporary dance, performance and generative music production. Performers and the participating audience…
New XR Tutorials online!
Leonid has recorded two new XR tutorials for you – both with a focus on possibilities and current tools for using augmented reality in public spaces. Tutorial language is German (subtitles via Youtube are possible). Please find them under XR Tutorials (digital), German version, and scroll down, as our tutorials…
Our project at Transferale festival
On 27 September, we are part of the awesome festival Transferale in Berlin to present and discuss »from hostile to hospitable«, the interactive WebAR application for inclusive urban spaces that we developed in close collaboration with the artist Martin Binder! The experience explores discriminatory design in urban public spaces and…
The XR BASICS 2024 – Recap
A deep insight into the technologies of augmented and virtual reality (AR/VR) was once again provided in the XR BASICS on 16/17 and 23/24 September 2024! The training at HTW Berlin focused on digital media production with Blender and the development of AR and VR applications with Unity. Based on…
XR Open Call 2024/25
Our third and last XR OPEN CALL within the HERA project funding is online! We are looking for a strong artistic concept in connection with augmented, mixed and/or virtual reality. Thematically, we are eager to hear your ideas and topics! Here is the link to the XR OPEN CALL!
New Open Access Publications
We are delighted that a contribution from the HERA project with the AURORA XR School for Artists has been published in Atlas der Datenkörper 2 – and another by Dagmar Schürrer in her role as XR artist! The interdisciplinary anthology is published by Dr Marlene Bart and Johannes Breuer at…
XR Art & Networking 2024 – Recap
What an amazing XR ART & NETWORKING at HTW Berlin on 26.06.2024! A big thank you to all art and culture experts, researchers, and technolog experts for their awesome contributions and support. Here comes a a short summary! After a short introduction by Maja Stark and Prof. Habakuk Israel, we…