Digital Media Lab

Rachel Ringe, Katharina Hasenlust, and Lisa Hesselbarth presented their research at the Mensch und Computer (MuC) 2026 conference at the University of Duisburg-Essen. The conference took place from August 30 to September 2, 2026, with the aim of providing a space for meaningful discourse between…

On September 3, Batian Dänekas successfully defended his dissertation and is now officially awarded the title of Dr.-Ing.

In his dissertation “Recording and Accounting for Individuality in Resistance Training Movement Data,” Bastian examines the extent to which individual movement patterns are…

Lisa Hesselbarthpresented the paper “CreatureCreator: Co-Creating 3D Models with AI for Video Games via Sculpting and Drawing” at this year's ACM Creativity and Cognition 2026 conference, to which other members of our lab also contributed. In her paper, she explores which analog input methods: such…

In the middle of July, Iddo Wald successfully defended his dissertation with the honour of summa cum laude.

In his dissertation, “Sensory Substitution in Human-Computer Interaction—Bridging Computer Science, Design, and Cognitive Neuroscience” he investigates how sensory substitution devices…

At the end of May, Carolin Stellmacher successfully defended her dissertation.

In her dissertation, titled “More than a buzz: advancing haptic feedback in virtual reality and mixed reality” she investigated how haptic feedback in virtual and mixed reality can be improved. In doing so, she explored…

The University of Bremen and our DM Lab will host the ACM International Conference on Conversational User Interfaces (CUI 2026). 

The international conference will take place from 21 to 24 July 2026 at the Haus der Wissenschaft and will bring together researchers and practitioners from the fields…