How to conduct behavioral experiments ethically in VR? Learn more in our next #InVirtuo talk this Friday at 2 p.m., when Dr. Konstantinos Armaos (@bachlab.bsky.social) and Clemens Uhing (@iwe-bonn.bsky.social) from our consortium talk about this challenge and how they approach it in their research.

Today we are welcoming @derguenther.bsky.social to our #InVirtuo seminar. He is going to talk (in German) about design choices, ethics and the role of the perception of authenticity for VR applications, based on his empirical research of VR use in museums and at memorial sites.

Interesting talk on the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and #VRresearch

🤔Does VR really build empathy? Find out in our next InVirtuo Seminar, where we welcome Dr. Charles Rathkopf @charles-rathkopf.bsky.social ( @fz-juelich.de) for a discussion of the #empathymachine hypothesis. Further information: tinyurl.com/h6j38j47

Congratulations to our consortium member, Prof. Dominik Bach! We are looking forward to learn more about the VR-compatible OPMEG goggles, and see them in action real soon. 🥽

How effective are systemic constellations in #virtualreality? On December 12, this Friday, our next guest speakers at the #InVirtuo Seminar hail from the field of #clinicalpsychology and #psychotherapy and can speak to this question.

On Wednesday, several of our affiliated research groups participated in the #openhouse of University of Bonn: Visitors could examine the light stage, test a VR scenario, or listen in on the latest assessment of our ethicists. We had a blast. Thanks to everyone who dropped by to learn about our work!

We congratulate our Co-PI and #InVirtuo consortium member, Prof. Dr. Dr. Ahmad Aziz to his new appointment!

We congratulate our Co-PI and #Invirtuo consortium member Prof. Mario Botsch (#TUDortmund) for getting this project off the ground. #livinghistory #holocaustsurvivors #rememeberance #memory #virtualhumans #exhibition www.tu-dortmund.de/en/newsdetai...

Some impressions from our #InVirtuo workshop last month, including the very impressive keynote by Marylin Keller (@ethz.ch) on virtual anatomy. #virtualreality #virtualhumans

Our schedule for the InVirtuo Seminar Series this Winter/Fall is now online on our website: invirtuo.org/course/2025-...

We are thrilled to announce the 2nd annual workshop of the InVirtuo Network. The title of this year’s event is “Embodied Futures: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on Human Digital Twins, XR Technology, and Volumetric Performance Capture.”

Our colleagues at the Centre for Neuroscience and A.I. are looking for a new student programmer. Find out more about this opportunity to join a great team for on an interesting project. 👇

In the renowned #ShanghaiRanking, the University of Bonn ranks fourth in Germany and 68th worldwide. Read more: www.uni-bonn.de/en/news/150-... #arwu

Quick reminder that our last lecture for this semester is happening today!

How can #VR improve #healtheducation and #nursingtraining? Find out at our #InVirtuo Seminar next week: our guest on July 18 is Anna Schüttler (Innovative Secure Medical Campus), who will present the Metaverse project currently under development at University Hospital Bonn.

🤔How can emerging technologies support sensemaking and cooperation? On 9 July, we will learn more about this matter, when ‪@agenay.bsky.social‬ speaks about "Embodied Sensemaking in XR: Visualising, Collaborating, Understanding" at our #invirtuo seminar series. invirtuo.org/course/2025-...

How do you make VR avatars more inclusive? This week, our media studies researchers in the consortium will present observations and preliminary results of their participatory research with queer and disabled activists on the process of photogrammetric avatar creation.

[1/3] How do the mechanisms behind collective behaviour work? How can VR help us better understand how visual cues influence decision making processes? 👁️ 🧠🦆

Quick reminder: Prof. Emmanuel Guardiola's guest talk on #ISEDA avatars is taking place this afternoon.

🚨 Can VR training help police officers prepare for interaction with victims of domestic abuse and gendered violence? How would such an interview simulator look like, and what should it train? What should avatars in such a scenario look like to make them believable and the training a success? 🙍‍♀️ 🧕

#XR in Medicine and Healthcare: On Friday, June 6, we welcome Prof. Daniel Roth (TU Munich) to our InVirtuo Seminar. He will introduce us to the Human-Centered Computing and Extended Reality Lab's work and their understanding of utilizing XR tech in health contexts. invirtuo.org/course/2025-...

Next Friday, on May 30, 2025, Clemens Uhing (@unibonn.bsky.social ) will share with us some insights from his ongoing PhD research. His talk "A fictional or authentic self? Ethical considerations on avatar design choices" will take place online to accommodate for the bridging day.

Reminder: join us tomorrow afternoon 👋

👉 Check out our new #CogLearn Toolkit for #Unity: we built and validated (across 5 samples) an immersive #VR paradigm for human avoidance learning. Basic version can be controlled by simple text files; more control via publicly available Unity toolkit. doi.org/10.3758/s134... #humanavoidancelearning

Join us next week, when we welcome Dr. Stefanie Wuhrer (Morpheo Team, @inria-grenoble.bsky.social ) at our #invirtuoseminar at @unibonn.bsky.social In her talk, she will present recent results on data-driven representations and analyses of #4D human body motion. More info below 👇

On Friday, we look forward to welcoming Dr. Oliver Schreer, Assistant Professor at @tuberlin.bsky.social and Head of the Immersive Media & Communication Group at the Vision Imaging Technologies Department at @fraunhoferhhi.bsky.social at our #invirtuoseminar at @unibonn.bsky.social.

🗓️ Mark your calendars! We will start the new semester with an exciting guest lecture on April 11, 2025. 🎥 👉 More information about our event series: invirtuo.org/course/2025-... #virtualhumans #invirtuoresearch

👋Volunteers wanted: Our partner @dzne.science , who is working on establishing #InVirtuo research in the field of #clinicalneurology, is looking for study participants. Healthy and persons afflicted by a movement disorder are welcome to sign up. More information below. #VRresearch #VRgamestudy

Today's session of our InVirtuo seminar is going to be project presentations by two of our working groups. #VR #VRresearch #psychotherapy #socialagents #LLMs

This Friday, we welcome Professor Arnulph Furhmann (@thkoeln.bsky.social ) at our #InVirtuo seminar. He will talk about how to accurately and precisely capture the materiality of rough surfaces and human movements (fingers, facial expressions) for #VR. #predictiverendering #computergraphics #xr

We are resuming our #invirtuo lecture series on Friday. Join us for a talk by Keith Harris ( @univie.ac.at @knowledgecrisis.bsky.social ) on the impact and potential ethical harm of #vr #deepfakes . Are they an 'epistemic apocalypse'? Do they signal the 'end of reality'? What harm can they do?

Update: We started construction on the new volumetric scanner at @unibonn.bsky.social yesterday. Find more information on the visual computing incubator on our sister project's website: cg.cs.uni-bonn.de/project/visu... #3dscan #4dscan #volumetricscan #visualcomputing #vci #invirtuo #vrresearch

We are looking forward to welcoming Stephanie Janes ( @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social ) at our next #InVirtuo seminar. She is going to talk about aesthetics, narratives and affect in relation to immersive media. Shoot us a message, if you would like to join us via zoom. #virtualreality #vrresearch

Thank you. That looks amazing! Any chance you or one of your colleagues could be convinced to give a talk at our research seminar next semester?

We are looking forward to welcoming @kathrynbfrancis.bsky.social at our #InVirtuo seminar next week. She is going to talk about her work on using simulation to measure moral hypocrisy. Shoot us a message, if you would like zoom access. #virtualmoraility #vrresearch #moralpsychology

Tomorrow, the #InVirtuoProject is represented at @unibonn.bsky.social 's dies academicus. PhD student Clemens Uhig will speak at the Center for Mind Research symposium at noon and from 2-4 pm, we will open the doors to our brand new #capturestage for the public . 🧠🥽 www.uni-bonn.de/de/neues/227...

📢 JOB ALERT: We are looking to hire a postdoc or PhD researcher interested in working on naturalistic #neuroimaging with an wearable MEG. Apply by Jan 15 and reach out any time for more information. www.caian.uni-bonn.de/en/team/oppo...

Impressions from our #invirtuo workshop on #virtualhumans @unibonn.bsky.social last week. #vrresearch #airesarch #aiavatars #virtualavatars

Is there a #VRresearchstarterpack yet?

We are looking forward to our first #invirtuo workshop on #vrresearch and #humanavatars tomorrow, featuring presentations from external guests, along with presentations form our project members at @unibonn.bsky.social , UKB, @dzne.bsky.social, and TU Dortmund.

Brief reminder that our workshop is already going to take place in three weeks. There are two more days to sign up! 2️⃣

Yesterday, we had a group of students visiting our capture-stage lab on Uni Bonn's Campus Poppelsdorf. Thanks to everybody who showed up! #vci #visualcomputing #vr #vrlab #vrresearch #capturestage #virtualhumans

Sounds interesting!

📢It is our pleasure to announce that the #CFP for our first Annual InVirtuo Workshop on November 7, 2024 has just been published. 📝 Consider submitting a contribution for the theme #virtualhumans and please share widely! 🗓️Deadline: October 10, 2024 invirtuo.org/course/2024-...

With the new semester, we welcome Professor Lucie Flek (Lamarr Institute for AI and ML, Uni Bonn) and Professor Björn Krüger (WG Digital Health & Telemedicine, UKB Bonn) as new research group leaders to our the network. invirtuo.org/people #invirtuo #vr #research #ai #ml #digitalhealth

We are delighted for our former postdoc fellow, Jonas Zimmer, who was granted tenure at @thkoeln.bsky.social. From this week on, he holds the professorship for Game Informatics at the Cologne Game Lab. Congratulations, Jonas! We look forward to continuing our productive collaboration.

Hi @bsky.app community! We are new here, but not new to the internet. Our project has been around for a while via our website. We do experimental research in VR. If you want to get to know our project better, you can find more details here: invirtuo.org #firstpost #vr #research #invirtuo