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The 2021 Winter EXPO for MCS/HCI was a great success! This semester, two of the three awards received students supervised by the MTS group. We thank all contributors and guests for attending online. Students of Human-Computer Interaction B.Sc. and Human-Computer Interaction M.Sc. presented their projects.

Carolin Wienrich (Mensch-Technik-Systeme) hat mit Astrid Carolus (Medienpsychologie) und Andreas Hotho (Data Science) das mit 760.000 Euro vom bidt geförderte Forschungsprojekt „MOTIV - Digital Interaction Literacy ” eingeworben.

Together with Bavarian Minister of State Judith Gerlach the XR Hub gave a masterclass called "Dive into XR – use cases and outlook" at Bits&Pretzels 2020.

In an Interview with ARD Alpha, Carolin Wienrich elaborated on the areas of application and possibilites of XR technologies.

During her visit to the XR Hub at the University of Würzburg, Bavarian Digital Minister Judith Gerlach was amazed at the possibilities offered by VR.

The Faculty for Human Sciences awarded Carolin Wienrich the Research Prize 2020 on 22.07.2020 in recognition of her achievements in science. The prize also includes an earmarked prize money of 1000€.

Judith Gerlach, the Bavarian Minister of State for Digital Affairs, visited the XR-Hub Würzburg, respectively the chair HCI and the working group MTS. The visit began with a review of current research and initiatives, followed by a presentation of selected demonstrations.

The project ViLeArn was presented at the Digital Day Bavaria 2020. As part of the XR-Hub slot, the current prototype of project ViLeArn was streamed via Zoom.

The "XR HUB Bavaria" is an initiative to strengthen Bavaria as a media and business location. The project has three locations: XR HUB Munich, XR HUB Nürnberg and XR HUB Würzburg. All HUBs deal with questions around XR technologies and their numerous applications. XR stands for Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR). The "XR HUB Bavaria" is funded by the Bavarian State Ministry for Digital Affairs.

Gemeinsam mit PD Dr. Joachim Baumeister (denkbares GmbH) stellte Prof. Dr. Carolin Wienrich multimodale Interaktionskonzepte im Kontext des technischen Service vor.

Gemeinsam mit Vizepräsidentin Prof. Dr. Ulrike Holzgrabe und Prodekan der Fakultät für Humanwissenschaft Prof. Dr. Roland Stein nimmt Carolin Wienrich den Preis in der Universität Passau entgegen.

Podiumsdiskussion in der erweiterten / virtuellen Welt: Carolin Wienrich diskutierte in der mit anderen Expert*innen die Zukunft von AR und VR auf dem Zukunftskongress des BMBF.