The platform Knowledge on nachtkritik.plus bundles and reflects the achieved state of development in the field of theater and digitality. There are already almost eighty contributions on various technical tools, tutorials and workshop discussions that explain digital technologies and their application or reflect on experiences with them. Continue reading “Opening of the Knowledge Plattform nachtkritik.plus”
Interview: “VR is the driving force for us!” digital.DTHG in conversation with theater junge generation Dresden
The digital.DTHG team visits the theater junge generation Dresden, one of the first cooperation partners in the research project “Im/material Theatre Spaces”. Project manager Franziska Ritter and VR coach Vincent Kaufmann ask about experiences and insights and show how the Dresden colleagues have made it from their first virtual attempts to established digital workflows in their daily work. Continue reading “Interview: “VR is the driving force for us!” digital.DTHG in conversation with theater junge generation Dresden”
Quickly explained: How do I create a digital theater space – 3D construction, photogrammetry or laser scan?
Which methods are available for spatial capture and what are the advantages and disadvantages?
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Quickly explained: Tracking, cables and performance – how is it connected?
VR headset with or without cable? When do I need wired or mobile VR glasses? What is tracking anyway, which variants are there? What performance differences do VR glasses have? And how is all this related to each other?
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Quickly recommended: Which software for 3D planning and working in VR?
Digitization is making its way into almost every field and, with virtual reality, is developing a thoroughly useful tool for planning, organizing and meetings. The listed programs are starting points for spatial design work in VR and allow an easy entry into the virtual world.
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Quickly explained: VR content – pre-produced versus real-time rendered, passive versus interactive?!
The types of content that can be presented and experienced in virtual reality are diverse and very different – we provide an overview.
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Quickly explained: Do you have a clear view? Hygiene, care and maintenance of VR glasses
A VR headset gets to know a lot of faces and noses in the course of its operating life. Therefore, proper handling and care is important – we give you basic tips here: Continue reading “Quickly explained: Do you have a clear view? Hygiene, care and maintenance of VR glasses”
Quickly explained: The VR headset jungle
What different VR systems and manufacturers are there? How do I find my way through the VR jungle? What do I have to pay attention to when choosing? Continue reading “Quickly explained: The VR headset jungle”
“How to go virtual?!” Workshop for freelance stage designers – together with the association “Bund der Szenografen”
Video BTT_digital Session: “Virtual Stage Rehearsal”
After one year of project duration, the project managers Franziska Ritter and Pablo Dornhege present interim results of the project “Virtual Stage Rehearsal” at the Bühnentechnische Tagung.
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Workshop series: How to go virtual?
The entry into new digital worlds is a big step with many obstacles. New software and new ways of working require an intensive examination and consume a lot of time. Time that is not always available. Continue reading “Workshop series: How to go virtual?”
Workshop: the virtual construction trial
Developing a stage design is a process that involves many steps and trades – the creative work of the stage designers in consultation with the director as much as coordination with technical management, production in the workshops and realization on stage.
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Kick-off workshop and prototype development
An interdisciplinary kick-off workshop entitled “IM/MATERIAL THEATRE SPACES” took place in spring 2019 at the TU Berlin under the direction of Franziska Ritter and Pablo Dornhege.
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