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HTW Berlin · Campus Wilhelminenhof · Building H, Room H006 (Immersive Technologies Hub)
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For students from HTW Berlin and University of East London
A morning of projects, prototypes and discussion in the Immersive Technologies Hub — Building H, Room H006.
09:45 — Introduction: HTW Berlin, Immersive Technologies Hub & Future Realities Lab
A brief overview of the lab’s research focus — immersive technologies, co-creative practice, and the design of spatial experiences.
10:15 — Project Presentation & Talk: Im/material Theatre Spaces / Spatial Encounters
An introduction to past and ongoing research into hybrid performance spaces — where physical and virtual environments overlap and interact. With examples from the BKM-funded project Im/material Theatre Spaces and subsequent work.
11:00 — Project Hands-On: Hyper-Irrealism III — Rising Spaces
A live look at the current student installation project: spatial VR experiences built from 3D-scanned fragments of real Berlin venues, presented as multi-user room-sound installations. Students from both universities are invited to explore and discuss.
12:00 — Discussion
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HTW Berlin × Futurium Berlin · Room H006
Students from the ongoing cooperative project Borrowed Senses — a collaboration between HTW Berlin (Communication Design and Computer Science for Culture and Health) and Futurium Berlin — present their current concepts and prototypes.
Borrowed Senses investigates perception beyond human biology. Teams are developing immersive VR experiences for ICAROS flight simulators that translate non-human sensory modalities — echolocation, magnetoreception, extended colour spectra — into embodied spatial experiences. Development follows AI-assisted workflows (Vibe Coding) using WebXR.
We look forward to feedback and discussion from our guests at Futurium Berlin (David Weigend, Charlotta Sauer) and the visiting delegation from UEL.
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Open to all · Room H006
LARPing Extremism Online: The Dramaturgy and Rehearsal of Postdigital Radicalisation
Dr. Tom Drayton, University of East London
Tom Drayton presents work from his current book project Performance and Postdigital Extremism (co-authored with Joseph Dunne-Howrie), developed in part through the Aesthetics of Postdigital Extremism symposium at UEL.
The talk examines how contemporary extremist movements operate through participatory and performative practices across postdigital environments. Drayton argues that radicalisation functions as a process of rehearsal — a collaborative production enacted through networked participation, collective storytelling, and role-play in virtual spaces. Drawing on theatre and performance studies, he proposes performance as a critical framework for understanding how extremist identities are formed and spread in postdigital culture.
Followed by open discussion.
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