Michael Wiesing @vrneuroscience.bsky.social kicking off the talk track addressing the #WildWest of VR research #VRSummit

#VRSummit day 2
Leon Kroczek is presenting his work on Virtual AI-Patients in Clinical Psychology. They’re working with real patients to create realistic AI personas. @leonkroczek.bsky.social @vrsummit.bsky.social

Off to #Bochum for @vrsummit.bsky.social 2026 - @fatresearchcat.bsky.social, Johannes Peuling, Jonas Rose, Carmela Troncoso, and Sylvia Pan with the opening at the #Rotunde Bochum. #VRSummit

Nine days to go. What will you build? 🥽

Join the VRS Hackathon!
📅 10–11 October · TGW Bochum
💡 Coders, designers & curious minds welcome
🏆 €1,750 cash + six months’ office rental at TGW

Register: vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/registration...

#VRS2026 #Hackathon #XR

🏆 And there are prizes up for grabs!

💶 €1,750 cash prize
🏢 Six months of office rental at TGW Bochum

Build your XR prototype and give your idea a future beyond the weekend!

Join us 👉 vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/registration...

⏳ 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

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

📣 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

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

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
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#VRSHackathon2026 #XR

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Three perspectives across research, technology and immersive interaction — joining us in Bochum this October.

📅 12–13 Oct 2026
📍 Rotunde Bochum
🎟️ Register: vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/registration...

#VirtualReality #XR #VRResearch

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✨ Meet our next #SpeakerSpotlight for #VRSummit2026:

🔹 Kathrin Gerling — Karlsruhe Institute of Technology
🔹 Eric Giessmann — LAVAMACHINE
🔹 Nele Borgert — University of Bern

🥽 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

Researchers, clinicians, developers and practitioners will come together in Bochum to explore how XR can connect technology with cognition and health.

📅 12–13 Oct | Bochum
🎟️ Early bird until 7 Sep
👉 vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/registration...

#XR #VR #DigitalHealth

🧠 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.

2/2 Her work explores how intelligent systems can understand human emotions and social signals to enable more natural, adaptive interactions.

📅 12–13 Oct 2026
📍 Rotunde Bochum
🎟️ vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/registration...

#HumanCenteredAI #XR #VRResearch

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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Three perspectives across neuroscience, cognition and immersive technology — joining us in Bochum this October.

📅 12–13 Oct 2026
📍 Rotunde Bochum
🎟️ Register: vrs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/registration...

#VirtualReality #XR #Neuroscience

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✨ Meet our next #SpeakerSpotlight for #VRSummit2026:

🔹 Martin Dresler — Donders Sleep & Memory Lab
🔹 Lukas Hejtmánek — Czech Academy of Sciences
🔹 Oliver Kannape — Geneva University Hospitals