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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Last week, we came together for the InVirtuo 4.0 Final Symposium. Across two days, we reflected on our research, shared results from the consortium’s projects, and discussed future perspectives. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to InVirtuo 4.0 and participated in the event! 📸

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

We are excited to share one more guest contribution at the InVirtuo 4.0 Final Symposium next week! Prof. Martin Weier (Hochschule RheinMain) and Dr. Stefan Zellmann (Universität zu Köln) will join us on Wednesday, September 2, with talks on perception-aware XR. invirtuo.org/teaching/ss-...

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Next confirmed keynote at our #InVirtuo 4.0 symposium next week: Prof. Jonas Zimmer ( Cologne Games Lab, TH Köln). Join us next Tuesday afternoon at @unibonn.bsky.social ! 🎮 #gamedesign #VRdesign #VRresearch #immersion

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

“Understanding User Behavior and Attention in Immersive Environments.” - Keynote by Ana Serrano (University of Zaragoza) at our InVirtuo 4.0 Final Symposium. 📅 Sept 1–2 | 📍Bonn Full preliminary program here: tinyurl.com/mr4hcjws Register by Aug 24: tinyurl.com/32wcs89x #XRresearch #VRresearch

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

⏰ Brief reminder: one more week to register for our InVirtuo 4.0 concluding symposium! ➡️ Register here: terminplaner6.dfn.de/en/p/ac6889c... #VRresearch #VirtualReality #VisualComputing #ExperimentalDesign #VRethics

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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

From inspiring talks and posters to discussions that continued between sessions - #NN2026 was all about bringing the naturalistic neuroscience community together. 📸 Here are a few of our favourite moments from the symposium as thread. Thank you to everyone who made it possible!

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

🥽 Join us in Bonn on 1-2 September 2026 for the final event of the #InVirtuo 4.0 research consortium: "Beyond Reality: Experimental Frontiers in Virtual Environments, Human Behavior, and Ethical Design" Read the full announcement & register here: terminplaner6.dfn.de/en/p/ac6889c... #VR #XR

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Beyond Reality: Experimental Frontiers in Virtual Environments, Human Behavior, and Ethical Design | DFN-Terminplaner

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

New paper out on normative dynamics in the diffusion of 4D developer platforms. Read this contribution by Jens Fehrenbacher (@jensfeh.bsky.social) in the edited volume "4D", now availble open access: epub.ub.uni-muenchen.de/130132/ #xr #vr #research #standardization #norms #unity #digitalmedia

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Publication alert: InVirtuo network members @jensfeh.bsky.social & Kathrin Friedrich explore the "Body / Controller" dynamic in the latest Zeitschrift für Medienwissenschaft, asking the important question: Is your body the controller, or is the platform controlling you? 🕹️

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

[1/3] Big news! 🎊 InVirtuo Postdoc Tobiasz Kaduk has been awarded a prototyping grant for "FeelForge," a project developing empathetic AI avatars for healthcare and training. Read the press release here: www.uni-bonn.de/de/forschung...

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Virtueller KI-Interviewer für das Gesundheitswesen

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

⏰Brief reminder: Our next hybrid talk in the #InVirtuo lecture series is today 14:00 in room 3.035b (Computer Science Building, @unibonn.bsky.social ). Dr. Alice Jacobs is going to give us an introduction of how XR technology is currently used in patient care at the University Hospital Bonn.

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Join us for the next InVirtuo Seminar Series talk! 🗓 Apr 24, 14:00–15:00 (CET) 🎤 Dr. Alice Jacob (University Hospital Bonn) 🧠 “Between Promise and Practice: Extended Reality in Healthcare” 📍 Bonn & online (Zoom) Insights into real-world XR use in healthcare 👇 #XR #VirtualReality #InVirtuo

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

New publication from our InVirtuo network! 🎉 “Between Consenting Avatars” (Ethics & Information Technology) by Clemens Uhing & Bert Heinrichs explores how a consent-based approach can reshape how we evaluate actions in VR. A key step toward more nuanced #VREthics 👇 #XR #VirtualReality #InVirtuo

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Naturalistic Neuroscience @natneuro.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

🚨 DEADLINE EXTENSION! 🚨 We are extending the abstract submission deadline for #NN2026 to April 12, 2026! Information on how to submit your abstract: 🔗 nn2026.uni-bonn.de/en/abstracts #Neuroscience #BrainResearch #UniBonn #CognitiveScience

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Several of our PIs will be part of this upcoming symposium. Registration and abstract submission are now open! #vrresearch #virtualrealityresearch #researchinVR #researchinvirtualreality

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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.

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

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.

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

🤔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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

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. 🥽

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

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.

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

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!

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

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.”

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

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. 👇

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Universität Bonn @unibonn.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 11/07/2025

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.

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

🤔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-...

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

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.

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 20/06/2025

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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 13/06/2025

🚨 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? 🙍‍♀️ 🧕

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

#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-...

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

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.

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

Reminder: join us tomorrow afternoon 👋

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bachlab @bachlab.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

👉 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

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The CogLearn Toolkit for Unity: Validating a virtual reality paradigm for human avoidance learning - Behavior Research Methods

Avoidance learning encompasses the acquisition of behaviours that enable individuals to evade or withdraw from potentially harmful stimuli, prior to their occurrence. Maladaptive avoidance is a crucia...

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

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 👇

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

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.

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 08/04/2025

🗓️ 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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

👋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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

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?

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

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

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InVirtuo 4.0 @invirtuo.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

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

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