{"id":354,"date":"2025-06-11T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-11T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/histovear.de\/?p=354"},"modified":"2026-02-24T00:47:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T23:47:19","slug":"kick-off-meeting-world-of-vr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/histovear.de\/en\/2025\/06\/11\/kick-off-meeting-world-of-vr\/","title":{"rendered":"Kick-Off Meeting @ World of VR"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s happening! Our kick-off for the project \u201cHistoVeaR\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On June 11, 2025, the time had finally come: the official kick-off event for our exciting research project took place! We met for a big in-person get-together at the start-up office space of our partner World of VR in Cologne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The main goal? Clear as day: bringing all project partners together at one table. Just as important, however, was building a shared understanding for this transdisciplinary project and learning from one another\u2019s previous experiences \u2013 especially by directly exploring similar XR (Extended Reality) projects.

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Welcome & Setting the Stage<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After a warm welcome from Timon Vielhaber, CEO of World of VR, things immediately got official. A representative from the project management agency J\u00fclich (PTJ) provided a valuable overview of the project, clarified the framework conditions, and prepared everyone for the tasks ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From there, we dove straight into the preliminary work and expertise of each project partner:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Cologne Game Lab (TH K\u00f6ln): This team are experts in digitizing reality. With extensive experience in 3D and scan-to-3D projects, especially in gaming, they know exactly how to bring real objects into virtual (gaming) worlds. In this project, they are responsible for the output formats for the appropriate game engines and for \u201cfitting\u201d the digital clothing into the application scenarios.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Computer Graphics Group (TH K\u00f6ln): These colleagues contributed impressive experience from various clothing simulation projects. Their expertise lies particularly in realistic representation and parameterization (i.e., \u201ctuning\u201d digital fabric). Real-time animation and the automated generation of different levels of detail for digital garments are their central tasks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Die Kulturwissenschaft der Mode und des Textilen (Universit\u00e4t Paderborn): Von hier kommt die unverzichtbare historische Expertise in Bezug auf Materialien, Schnitte und Kleidungsverhalten. Anhand eines originalen Kleidungsst\u00fccks aus dem 18. Jahrhundert konnte ein erster Eindruck gewonnen werden und Beispiele anderer Forschungsgruppen zeigten die Komplexit\u00e4t von Stoffsimulationen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

World of VR GmbH: As our hosts, they presented their central work packages. With experience from hundreds of XR projects and industrial scanning processes, they are the perfect candidate to take on the core tasks. They will lead the scanning of the original garments and the development of the \u201cintegrated pipeline\u201d \u2013 the system that ultimately brings all components together.

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Lunch Break with a Twist: Hands-On XR<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

During lunch, things got truly hands-on! Instead of simply talking theory, all participants had the chance to try out a range of demos and applications developed by World of VR. This wasn\u2019t just fun, it was incredibly helpful in building an intuitive understanding of what the technology can do:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AR app for hairdressers: Participants could scan their own heads in real time. The app then simulated different hairstyles in 3D and AR \u2013 an impressive prototype.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VR showroom for workwear: We stepped into a virtual showroom where static items of clothing could already be simulated and tried on in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

VR workplace safety training: Finally, we experienced a dynamic training session in an interactive VR environment, demonstrating the powerful potential of VR simulations for training purposes.

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Next Steps<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After this inspiring and interactive lunch break, we wrapped up the day by summarizing key points and clarifying the administrative tasks necessary for the project\u2019s launch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We look back on an extremely productive and motivating kick-off. The team is ready, the expertise is incredibly diverse, and we\u2019re truly excited about the collaboration in the coming years!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Es geht los! Unser Kick-Off zum Projekt „HistoVeaR\u201d Am 11. Juni 2025 war es endlich so weit: Die offizielle Kick-Off Veranstaltung f\u00fcr unser spannendes Forschungsprojekt hat stattgefunden! Wir trafen uns zum gro\u00dfen pers\u00f6nlichen Kennenlernen in den Start-Up B\u00fcror\u00e4umen unseres Partners World of VR in K\u00f6ln. Das Hauptziel des Tages? Ganz klar: alle Projektbeteiligten pers\u00f6nlich an […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-veranstaltungen"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/histovear.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/histovear.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/histovear.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histovear.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histovear.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=354"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/histovear.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":856,"href":"https:\/\/histovear.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/354\/revisions\/856"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histovear.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/histovear.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histovear.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/histovear.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}