Once a year, AURORA XR School for Artists offers a training in XR and digital media production for art & culture professionals with and without prior knowledge. The EU-funded, free course moduls build on each other and are offered in spring and autumn.
Modul 1: XR Tutorials (digital)
Video tutorials totalling 6 hours for self-study to prepare for the XR Basics.
Modul 2: XR Basics
Three 1-2-day face-to-face courses for beginners.
Modul 3: XR Maker Space
Two 1-day workshops for people with previous knowledge on changing topics (e.g. AR in public space) in our Experimental Lab at the Forschungs- und Weiterbildungszentrum für Kultur und Informatik (FKI).
Please scroll down for the current dates.
For a perfect start, we recommend to work through our XR Tutorials. To be able to apply the knowledge gained from the tutorials, you will be given the task of developing your own small Unity project.
With your Unity project you will then apply for a place on the XR Basic courses, which always take place every autumn at the HTW Berlin and offer a mixture of theory and applied practice. Places on these courses are distributed as evenly as possible across all artistic disciplines. Depending on the number of applications, the creativity and technical realization of your small Unity project will also be taken into account.
If you want to go deeper into the matter, we cordially invite you to apply for our XR Maker Spaces with a proof of your previous XR knowledge (conceptual and/or technical).
Costs
Thanks to the funding of the project by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) as part of its program Stärkung des Innovationspotentials in der Kultur III (Strengthening Innovation Potential in the Cultural Sector III), all XR School for Artists trainings are free of charge. Our Mensa on the campus will be happy to provide meals during the courses at HTW Berlin (at your own expense).
Courses for art & culture professionals with prior knowledge
You already have previous knowledge and want to join the XR Basic trainings without tutorials? Then we need your own small Unity project as proof that meets all the criteria of the task that we gave to the XR tutorial participants (Unity project or .apk).*
You already have previous knowledge and want to join the Maker Spaces without the prior courses? Then we also need a corresponding proof (e.g. Unity project or portfolio).
*If there are still free places, we will also accept participants with no prior knowledge in the XR Basic courses at short notice.
Current Dates
Modul 1: XR Tutorials (digital) – Date for the next annual round of group learning, FAQ sessions and support:
13.05.–25.06.2025, including a kick-off event at HTW Berlin on Tuesday, 13.05.2025, 2–4.30 pm.
Self-study is always possible with our XR video tutorials.
Modul 2: XR Basics – next program in September 2024 (registration with basic previous knowledge):
– Course 1: Introduction (07.10.2025)
– Course 2: Digital media production (08.10.2025)
– Course 3 and 4: XR development (14. and 15.10.2025)
Modul 3: XR Maker Space – next program in November 2025, dates will follow soon!
ATTENTION: THE TRAINING’S MAIN LANGUAGE IS GERMAN.