VP Gathering 25 - Volker Helzle & Simon Spielmann - VP and XR at Animationsinstitut FABW

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About This Episode

Breda University of Applied Sciences hosted the 2025 edition of the Virtual Productions Gathering.

Meet the Speakers:

Volker Helzle - Head of R&D - Animationsinstitut of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Volker Helzle is in charge of R&D at Animationsinstitut of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg.
He graduated from Stuttgart Media University, later worked in the USA at Eyematic Interfaces before joining the Filmakademia to establish the Technical Directing course there.
Volker is also one of the FMX program consultants.

Simon Spielmann - Principal R&D engineer - Animationsinstitut of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

Simon Spielmann is part of the R&D Department at the Animationsinstitut with focus on software development, real-time graphics and XR.
He graduated from Bauhaus University Weimar as Media Scientist, later worked as a software developer before joining the Animationinstitut as a Principal Engineer.
He is also responsible for the scientific counseling and supervision of the Technical Director Course at the Filmakademie.

Presentation abstract:

This talk will introduce the applied research approach at Filmakademie with regard to real-time technologies, Virtual Production and XR.
Numerous EU- and regionally-funded projects have supported the development of an open-source XR ecosystem, which includes TRACER as foundation and VPET, AnimHost and DataHub as example implementations.
We will also take a closer look at the sustainability potential of these technologies and elaborate on the postgraduate Technical Directing course at Animationsinstitut.

More information of the Virtual Productions Gathering: https://vpgathering.com/

Contact: virtualproductions@buas.nl

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