We are a collaboration between the Uni Bonn, the University Clinic Bonn, the DZNE and the TU Dortmund, funded by the state of NRW. We develop a new methodology for researching human interaction in VR environments. #invirtuo #virtualhumanshttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3myjmjwppkk2e[1/3] Lucie Flek (@lucie-nlp.bsky.social), one of our InVirtuo PIs, is looking to hire a #PhDresearcher in computer science for her new project at @unibonn.bsky.social. If you are passionate about #NLP and making AI more socially intelligent, this is the job for you!23 Oct 2026 07:06 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3myjmjwppkk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mxgthluysk2r📢 Research from InVirtuo 4.0 at the VR Summit! Two members of our pilot project on Naturalistic Game Theory will present a poster on their multiplayer VR paradigm on Monday. Congratulations for getting you poster accepted, Kostas and Lara! #InVirtuoResearch #GameTheory [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Oct 2026 11:07 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxgthluysk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mv3dnkxpik2iLast 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! 📸09 Sep 2026 10:34 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv3dnkxpik2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mu2qz6bqjk2kWe 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. https://invirtuo.org/teaching/ss-2026-invirtuo-4-0-final-symposium27 Aug 2026 11:36 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mu2qz6bqjk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mty4exjank2kNext 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 #immersion26 Aug 2026 10:21 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mty4exjank2khttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mtly2oiock2t“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 #VRresearch21 Aug 2026 14:32 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtly2oiock2thttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mt2agvvr322m⏰ Brief reminder: one more week to register for our InVirtuo 4.0 concluding symposium! ➡️ Register here: https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/en/p/ac6889c1acf8abb3e9d605757cd40e80-1871167 #VRresearch #VirtualReality #VisualComputing #ExperimentalDesign #VRethics14 Aug 2026 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mt2agvvr322mhttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mssrzkovfs2j🥽 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: https://terminplaner6.dfn.de/en/p/ac6889c1acf8abb3e9d605757cd40e80-1871167 #VR #XR11 Aug 2026 14:07 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mssrzkovfs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mqc7lud32c2pNew 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 #digitalmedia10 Jul 2026 13:05 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqc7lud32c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mmgh67yeh22rPublication 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? 🕹️22 May 2026 07:50 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmgh67yeh22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mm6yvkfya22x[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: https://www.uni-bonn.de/de/forschung-lehre/transfer/transfercenter-enacom/news-ordner/virtueller-ki-interviewer-fuer-das-gesundheitswesen19 May 2026 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm6yvkfya22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mka4jruj4c2d⏰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.24 Apr 2026 08:33 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mka4jruj4c2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mjomt5zkuk2zJoin 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 #InVirtuo17 Apr 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjomt5zkuk2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mjh6dynmjc2tNew 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 #InVirtuo14 Apr 2026 10:29 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjh6dynmjc2thttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mhd5p6tnjk2xSeveral of our PIs will be part of this upcoming symposium. Registration and abstract submission are now open! #vrresearch #virtualrealityresearch #researchinVR #researchinvirtualreality [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2026 09:17 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhd5p6tnjk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mdxfdnuar22dHow 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.03 Feb 2026 12:46 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdxfdnuar22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mdmvta6fxs2wToday 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.30 Jan 2026 08:42 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdmvta6fxs2whttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mctsco5xbk22Interesting talk on the intersection of neuroscience, psychology, and #VRresearch [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Jan 2026 09:02 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mctsco5xbk22https://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3mccxrf7ors22🤔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/h6j38j4713 Jan 2026 16:24 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3mccxrf7ors22https://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3m7s7gwana22cCongratulations 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. 🥽 [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Dec 2025 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7s7gwana22chttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3m7mixzmfvs2gHow 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.10 Dec 2025 07:11 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7mixzmfvs2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3m7a6347o5k2lOn 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! [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Dec 2025 09:24 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7a6347o5k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3m5liixcxpk24We congratulate our Co-PI and #InVirtuo consortium member, Prof. Dr. Dr. Ahmad Aziz to his new appointment! [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 Nov 2025 10:39 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5liixcxpk24https://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3m5libdu6zk24We 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 https://www.tu-dortmund.de/en/newsdetail/mit-hologrammen-die-erinnerung-an-den-holocaust-lebendig-halten-57620/ https://www.tu-dortmund.de/nachrichtendetail/mit-hologrammen-die-erinnerung-an-den-holocaust-lebendig-halten-57620/14 Nov 2025 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5libdu6zk24https://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3m5eactd3ok2wSome impressions from our #InVirtuo workshop last month, including the very impressive keynote by Marylin Keller (@ethz.ch) on virtual anatomy. #virtualreality #virtualhumans11 Nov 2025 13:24 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5eactd3ok2whttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3m5dvnkz5ak2mOur schedule for the InVirtuo Seminar Series this Winter/Fall is now online on our website: https://invirtuo.org/course/2025-ws-lecture-invirtuo-seminar-series11 Nov 2025 10:13 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5dvnkz5ak2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/invirtuo.bsky.social/post/3m3fgydqxxs26We 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.”17 Oct 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:eejqgpjbtkrttloopdjrgxug/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3fgydqxxs26