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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

⏳ Two weeks until VRS Hackathon 2026! Build XR prototypes, meet teammates and learn with expert mentors. All backgrounds welcome—you don’t need to be a coder! 📅 10–11 October · TGW Bochum Register: vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/registration... #VRSHackathon #XR

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Conference Baby Stella here! 🍼💕 Little ones are welcome at VR Summit 2026! Need childcare support? Let the team know in advance. 📅 12–13 October · Rotunde Bochum 🎟️ vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/registration... #VRSummit2026 #FamilyFriendly

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

📣 Welcome Bergsonne Labs, sponsor of the VRS Hackathon 2026! Their plug-and-play electronic tiles bring modular thinking to hardware. Join us to build XR prototypes! 📅 10–11 Oct 2026 · TGW, Bochum Register: vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/registration... #VRS2026 #XR

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Looking back at past VR Summits. Were you there? Tell us what you remember! Join us for VRS 2026: 📍 Rotunde, Bochum 📅 12–13 October Early bird ends 15 September. Register here: vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/registration... #VRS2026 #VirtualReality

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

You don’t need to code to join the VRS Hackathon 2026! People from design, business, economics and the humanities are welcome. Curious about XR? Come on your own or with a team. 📅 10–11 October 2026 · Bochum vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/hackathon-20... #VRSHackathon2026 #XR

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

1/2 ✨ Meet our next #SpeakerSpotlight for #VRSummit2026: 🔹 Kathrin Gerling — Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 🔹 Eric Giessmann — LAVAMACHINE 🔹 Nele Borgert — University of Bern

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

🥽 Build. Prototype. Innovate in XR. Two days to turn ideas into XR prototypes—with a team and expert mentors. 📅 10–11 Oct 2026 | Bochum Join the VRS Hackathon, solo or with a team! 👉 vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/hackathon-20... #XR #Hackathon #VRSummit2026

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🧠 Where XR meets cognition and health. Can VR support stroke rehabilitation? Help patients prepare for medical procedures? Or help us better understand attention, memory and emotion? These are some of the questions coming to #VRSummit2026.

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

1/2 📣 We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Elisabeth André of the University of Augsburg as a keynote speaker at #VRSummit2026! She leads the Chair for Human-Centered AI, researching affective computing, multimodal interfaces and socially interactive agents.

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

1/2 ✨ Meet our next #SpeakerSpotlight for #VRSummit2026: 🔹 Martin Dresler — Donders Sleep & Memory Lab 🔹 Lukas Hejtmánek — Czech Academy of Sciences 🔹 Oliver Kannape — Geneva University Hospitals

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

👋 Coming alone? You can still join the VRS Hackathon. You don’t need a ready-made team — registration is open for both individuals and teams. Come with your skills and ideas, meet others and tackle the challenge together. 📅 10–11 Oct | Bochum 👉 vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/hackathon-20... #Hackathon

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

1/2 📣 We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Marc Erich Latoschik of the University of Würzburg as a keynote speaker at #VRSummit2026! He leads the Chair of Human-Computer Interaction, researching immersive systems, social VR, avatars and virtual humans.

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

1/2 ✨ Meet our next #SpeakerSpotlight for #VRSummit2026: 🔹 Stefanie Broering — Ruhr University Bochum 🔹 Markus Berger — University of Rostock 🔹 Lukas Gehrke — Zander Labs

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🚀 What can you build in one XR weekend? Last year’s VRS Hackathon focused on haptics. This year’s challenge will be revealed at the event. Discover the challenge, form a team and see how far you can take an idea in two days. 📅 10–11 Oct | Bochum 👉 vrs.rub.de/hackathon-20... #VRResearch

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

1/2 📣 We’re delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Frank Steinicke of the University of Hamburg as a keynote speaker at #VRSummit2026! His research explores human perception, cognition and movement to create more natural interactions in virtual environments.

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

🧠 You don’t have to be only a programmer to join the VRS Hackathon. Developers, designers, researchers and creatives all bring something different to a team. Two days. One XR challenge. Lots of building, testing and learning together. 📅 10–11 Oct, Bochum 👉 vrs.rub.de/hackathon-2026 #VRResearch

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 11/08/2026

1/2 📣 We’re delighted to welcome Maví Sánchez-Vives of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona as a keynote speaker at #VRSummit2026! Her research combines neuroscience and VR to explore perception, embodiment, behaviour and neurorehabilitation. #VRResearch

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 08/08/2026

✨ Meet our next #SpeakerSpotlight for #VRSummit2026: 🔹 Nadine Aburumman — Brunel University London 🔹 Sergi Badia — University of Madeira 🔹 Michael Barngrover — XR4Europe

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

🔥 What happens at the VRS Hackathon? A challenge is revealed, teams come together, and within two intense days, ideas become working XR prototypes. Expect laptops, headsets, cables, testing, rebuilding, discussions—and plenty of food.

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

📣 Meet our keynote speaker for #VRSummit2026: Mel Slater from the University of Barcelona. A pioneer in immersive VR research, his work on presence, embodiment and body ownership has shaped how we understand human experience in virtual environments.

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

📅 Save the dates: four days of XR in Bochum! 💻 10–11 Oct | #VRSHackathon Form teams, develop ideas and build XR prototypes with researchers, developers, designers, students and creatives. 🎤 12–13 Oct | #VRSConference Keynotes, talks, posters, live demos and discussions.

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

📢 Submission deadline extended to 15 August 2026! VR Summit 2026 welcomes poster presentations and interactive VR demos across VR, human cognition, health and related fields. Share your work with the XR community in Bochum. Submit: vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/submit/

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 28/07/2026

What can you build in two days? 🔥 The VRS Hackathon 2026 brings together developers, researchers, designers, creatives and students to turn ambitious XR ideas into working prototypes. Explore VR, AR, AI and biosignals—together. 🧵 1/2

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 22/07/2026

🔥 Ready to bring your ideas to life? VRS Hackathon 2026 brings together developers, researchers, designers, creatives and students for two days of building, experimenting and turning bold XR ideas into working prototypes. 📅 10–11 October 2026 📍 TGW Bochum #VRResearch

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

📢 Deadline extended! You now have until July 31 to submit a poster or VR demo to VR Summit 2026. 📍 Bochum · Oct 12–13 (VRS Hackathon Oct 10–11) ✍️ Submit: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #VRSummit2026 #XR #VirtualReality #VRResearch

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

🚀 Venue confirmed! The VR Summit 2026 Hackathon is heading to TGW Bochum! Last year a laptop literally caught fire mid-code 🔥💻 — so for 2026, bring your A-game and a backup. 😄 👉 Register: www.eventim-light.com/de/a/69f35a2... #Hackathon #XR #Bochum

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

📢 VR Summit 2026 — Registration is now open! The 4th VRS Conference returns to Bochum 🇩🇪 this October: researchers, devs & clinicians exploring XR, human cognition & health. 🗓️ Conf: Oct 12–13, Rotunde 🛠️ Hackathon: Oct 10–11, TGW 🎟️ Register 👇 www.eventim-light.com/de/a/69f35a2...

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Michael Wiesing @vrneuroscience.bsky.social · 20/06/2026

Just a heads-up that the deadline for our special issue, "Virtual Bodies for Real Humans - Avatars, Sensations, and Emotions," ii June 30th. If you have work ready on avatars, bodily sensations, or emotions in XR, make sure to submit your abstract soon. All the details are here tinyurl.com/59ad8s27

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Frontiers | Virtual Bodies for Real Humans - Avatars, Sensations and Emotions

Our bodies are fundamental to how we experience and interact with the physical world, and they shape the way our minds develop. The human brain develops toge...

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

📢 VR Summit 2026 — Call for Submissions! The 4th edition returns to Bochum 🇩🇪 🗓 Conf: Oct 12–13 📍 Rotunde, Bochum Researchers, developers & clinicians working on XR × human cognition × health, we'd love to see your work. 🧵👇 #VRSummit2026 #XR #VRResearch

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KlaesLab @klaeslab.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

🧠🔐 BrainGuard is officially underway! On May 26 our team held its kick-off at KlaesLab, Ruhr University Bochum — the start of a new chapter in Neuro-Cybersecurity. How do we protect brain-computer interfaces & neural data from cyber threats? #BrainGuard 🚀

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🧠 We have a new partner — and it's a big one. Science Hub Neuroscience (SHN) at Ruhr University Bochum is joining VRS 2026 as a venue partner. 🧵

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

📢 VRSummit 2026 — Call for Submissions is Open! Submit your Talks 🎤, Posters 🖼️, or VR Demos 🥽 by July 15, 2026. Accepted abstracts will be published in the conference proceedings!! 🔗 vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/submit/ #VRSummit2026 #XR #VirtualReality #CallForSubmissions #vrsky #VRResearch

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

📢 VR Summit 2026 — Submissions Now Open! The 4th VRS Conference is coming to Bochum, Germany in October 2026. We're inviting talks, posters & VR demos. Accepted abstracts → proceedings book + Frontiers in VR editorial. 📅 Deadline: July 15, 2026 #vrneurosky #vrsky #VRResearch

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KlaesLab @klaeslab.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

Excited to announce CATlab — the Cognition, Action and Touch Lab — a new junior research group at our department, led by Dr. Art Pilacinski( @fatresearchcat.bsky.social ). The group will explore how cognition, action, and touch interact in neuroscience research. Congratulations, Art! 🧠

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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 25/04/2026

New location for VRS Hackathon is official! Old coal mine opens its gates for our h4x0rs! @vrsummit.bsky.social

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 11/04/2026

🎙️ Throwback to #VRSummit2024! Prof. Pedro Lopes blew our minds with his keynote on the "Ultimate Display" — VR that physically moves your body using electrical muscle stimulation. 🧠⚡ Watch the full talk 👇 youtube.com/watch?v=rBK3kP... #VR #HCI #Haptics

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KlaesLab @klaeslab.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

🎓 Big congrats to Jannis Steinert for successfully defending his Master's thesis on Adaptive Human-Robot Collaboration with LPS @RUB Bochum! 🤖 His eye-tracking research links gaze patterns to operator cognitive states — paving the way for smarter, adaptive robots! 👁️✨ #KlaesLab #Robotics

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

📅 Save the Date: VR Summit 2026 returns to Bochum! 🚀 🛠️ VRS Hackathon: Oct 10–11 🎤 VRSummit: Oct 12–13 📍 Bochum, Germany We are bringing the XR community back together for four days of innovation and networking. Clear your schedule, you won't want to miss this. 🌐 #VRSummit2026 #XR #VRresearch

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 22/01/2026

🥽 Call for Papers: Virtual Bodies for Real Humans We are hosting a new Research Topic in Frontiers in Virtual Reality! Hosted by Christian Klaes, Michael Wiesing & Art Pilacinski. We're looking for research on embodiment, phantom touch & the emotional impact of avatars. 🧠✨

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KlaesLab @klaeslab.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

Huge congratulations to Dr. Aline Xavier Fidêncio for successfully defending her PhD thesis! 🎓✨ On Nov 10th, Aline presented her work on "Machine learning-based strategies for detection and application of neurobiological error-related reinforcement signals in BCIs." 🧠🤖

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Michael Wiesing @vrneuroscience.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

Not even a year until the next VRSummit and VRS Hackathon! @vrsummit.bsky.social For those who have missed this year's Summit, here are videos of most of the talks. #VRresearch www.youtube.com/watch?v=3hbI... www.youtube.com/watch?v=29M_... www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4zL...

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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Aaand the awesome @melslater.bsky.social concludes this year's VRS leaving everyone inspired! #vrneurosky @vrsummit.bsky.social

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

VRS25 Day 2:t's time for our afternoon Keynote! 🌟 Presenting now: Martin Edwards. #VRSummit2025 #VRresearch

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Joining us (ONLINE) right now: Shunichi Kasahara! 💻 Day 2 #VRSummit2025

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Up now: Tom Froese! His talk is starting. #VRSummit2025 #VRresearch

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Great kickoff at the VR Summit. Keynote highlights: Zillah Watson is presenting! #VR #XR”

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Art Pilacinski @fatresearchcat.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

They are starting! Live on stage the legendary @vrneuroscience.bsky.social telling participants their challenge @vrsummit.bsky.social

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Michael Wiesing @vrneuroscience.bsky.social · 18/10/2025

Time to kick off the VRS Hackathon @vrsummit.bsky.social

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VR Summit @vrsummit.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

🌟 VRS Hackathon 2025—prizes revealed! ⏰ Registration closes in 2 days (Oct 17) 🎁 PICO 4 Ultra Enterprise + 500 € + 5× UnitedXR Europe tickets 📍 RUB-Makerspace | 🗓️ Oct 18–19 (VR Summit Oct 20–21) 🔗 Register now: vrs.rub.de #VRresearch

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