The EU-project first.stage develops natural user interfaces and tools that improve previsualisation in film, animation, and the performing arts.

Joined February 2018
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We published an overview paper on all the research done in the #H2020 first.stage project. If you want to lern more about #NUI and #vr in #previs for the #creativeindustries have a look at eudl.eu/doi/10.4108/eai.16-3….

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first stage news in six languages: cordis.europa.eu/article/id/…

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@dirkwenig presenting the project and some results to the Deutsche Theatertechnische Gesellschaft (DTHG) @Theaterdigital @theaterdortmund
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Here the founder of #PachaStudio shows his latest production #Robotrash which will be shown at #COIDEV in Lima. Good luck, and thanks for hosting us.
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Rainer just organized a workshop in Cusco, Peru, at the International Conference on Entertainment Computing #IFIP #ICEC. This gave us the chance to visit Pacha Studio, a small X-Media studio. Such small studios could benefit a lot from first.stage
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Visiting the @Theaterdigital, looking forward to interesting discussions on Theater and Digitality
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Thomas Münder presented first.stage to a journalist from #RadioBremen who brought a stage designer from the Bremen Theater. She could use the software after a few minutes even without previous experience with VR. #firststage is really fast and easy!
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10 Sep 2019
We are beyond proud to be a part of Lil Nas X’s awesome Panini video! Not every day we’re involved in content that gets more than 35M views on YouTube after 4 days!! 😅 Check out the full video here: youtu.be/bXcSLI58-h8 #motioncapture #mocap #3danimation #animation
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Rainer Malaka met Ivan Sutherland at #HLF19, one of the pioneers of Graphical User Interfaces and one of the creators of the first head-mounted displays.
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Meeting for the last time in Linz @LTheater_Linz to discuss technical stuff #previs #vr #H2020
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24 Jul 2019
Playful and Natural Human Computer Interaction? Possible or not? Find out: youtube.com/watch?v=0fcIAsMt… Big thanks to HITS/EML alumnus Rainer Malaka for his talk at the HITS alumni meeting this month!
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26 Jun 2019
Animation/Game Production using VR under way #firststage #previs #vr
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new study on AR/AV for the German Parliament where Rainer Malaka was involved as one of the expert
25 Jun 2019
Virtuelle und erweiterte Realitäten: Was das ist und was sie uns bringen. TAB-Arbeitsbericht und -Fokus zu Status quo, Herausforderungen und zukünftigen Entwicklungen von VAR jetzt online. tab-beim-bundestag.de/de/akt… #vr #ar #mr
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Some optical illusions seem to work across species
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If you are at @chi2019 come and try out our demo of the VR sandbox in the coffee breaks. #chi2019 #innerchild #previs #naturalinteraction
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Thomas (@bh_sAmmY) is presenting his paper on using #tangibles with #VR for #previs @chi2019! Definitely worth getting up early after all the parties last night! #CHI2019 @firststage_eu @sig_chi
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We presented our paper on #tangible scene building for #previs at @chi2019 to alot of interested people. #chi2019 @EU_H2020
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Presenting our work on analysis of #previs tasks @chi2019. If you are interested, visit us at the specific apllication areas section. @firststage_eu @EU_H2020
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Our #VR sandbox is on display and to try out till Thursday first coffee break! Come and set your inner child free ;) @sig_chi @firststage_eu @chi2019 #CHI2019 #previs
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