VR/AR in Music Education Symposium - 2024

The “VR/AR in Music Education Symposium”, organized by the Music Technology & Digital Musicology Lab at Osnabrück University, focused on the transformative potential of XR technologies in (music) education. The event brought together experts from academia, industry and the education sector to explore the future of these technologies in (music) education and beyond.

Timetable

Saturday, 28.9.2024

13:00 – 13:30Welcome / LunchLobby /
Room 320
13:30 – 16:00

Talks

  • Raphael Zender (Zeppelin University Friedrichshafen): Learning together in virtual reality: Systematic insights into multi-user VR learning applications
  • Tobias Rotsch, Philipp Ahner, Jochen Feitsch (University for Music Trossingen, University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf): Teaching-learning designs for VR rhythm games
  • Luca Turchet (University of Trento): Opportunities and Challenges for the Musical Metaverse
Room 328
16:00 – 16:30Coffee BreakRoom 320
16:30 – 18:00

Talks

  • Pieter-Jan Maes (Ghent University): Embodied music interaction in extended reality (XR)
  • Ludwig Zeller (University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland Basel):  OpenSoundLab. A multi-user enabled, mixed reality sound lab for education and creation in the arts
Room 328
From 19:00Dinner (separate registration/invitation required)Weinkrüger

Sunday, 29.9.2024

8:30 – 9:00Welcome & Coffee 
9:00 – 11:15

Talks and Demos

  • Maurício do V. M. da Costa (University Osnabrück): Personalized HRTFs for Virtual Environments
  • Eduardo Fouilloux (PatchXR, Copenhagen/Zürich): Interactive PatchWorld Live-Demo
  • Rachel Wittschier, Stephani Howahl (German Sport University Cologne): VR-MOVE - research on physical presence and aesthetic experience of music in virtual reality
Room 328
11:15 – 11:45Coffee BreakRoom 320
11:45 – 12:30

Round Table

  • Transformative potential of XR technologies in (music-related) education and training
Room 328
12:30 – 13:00Symposium Closing / LunchRoom 328/
Room 320