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Virtual reality is used to train surgeons in a playful way in working with surgical robots.

In the future, cities will face the challenge of optimising and digitally controlling their water supply. The Potsdam-based company Vragments is developing specific apps and augmented reality applications to take us on a virtual tour to the groundwater.

Whoever gets out at the last stop of the S2 in Blankenfelde on the way from Berlin to Rolls Royce in Dahlewitz has left the big city far behind them. Only the planes in the sky taking off and landing at nearby Schoenefeld give a hint of the proximity to Berlin. The multicultural composition of the people arriving in ...

How can visitors be guided through the thick walls of the Bode-Museum with an app although they don't have W-LAN, mobile phone or satellite reception, or even GPS, and nothing can be changed structurally? The Potsdam-based company D-LABS (initiated by Hasso Plattner in 2006) was facing this challenge in 2018. SAP, who ...

The working world is changing. As a result of digitisation, more and more people now have the opportunity to work autonomously in a new, inspiring environment. The pioneers are innovative companies and start-ups – including ones based in Potsdam. In essence, the idea is that one should have personal control as far ...

Gaming can promote the social, equal participation of people with various disabilities and help overcome the obstacles to making contact. But how? This was the subject of the "INCLUSIVE GAMING" Innovation Day on 18 November, 2019 ahead of the MediaTech Hub Conference in Potsdam. Together with the Digital Health Hub in ...

Do you like movies? Are you a real film lover? Then you might be interested in filmfriend. Thanks to the streaming service from Potsdam you can now watch films free of charge using your library card. That is, if your library has filmfriend among its range of services. This is already the case in over 70 cities and ...

Berlin's Futurium, the new imposing museum made entirely of glass next to the Main Station, opens up new perspectives on conceivable futures. Babelsberg's Art Department has also created visions in the Futurium in the same way that it does for films.

The Potsdam-based company nxtBase wins one prize after the other. How come? By offering digital, virtual checklists. But what exactly does nxtBase do? Customers receive data glasses, so-called smart glasses into which companies can enter their checklists, e.g. those for checking aircraft doors or railway wagons. With ...

Digitisation and art: a perfect match! The Barberini Museum in Potsdam shows us the way - and reaches predominantly young people where they tend to be these days. On the web. The museum is thus taking on a pioneering role here. Visitors are guided through interactive worlds via apps. But what does the interaction look ...