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Building a State-of-the-Art Multifunctional VFX Studio for Advanced Educational and Training Purposes

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The VFX Lab at Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences (Germany) is nearing completion, making it the ideal moment to discuss key considerations for planning and building a virtual production stage for educational use with a multi-application-usage scenario in mind. This session will cover AV installation planning with restricted possibilities, scaling along budget constraints and avoiding the single-purpose pitfall, while also exploring best practices for creating a flexible, multi-functional space that supports diverse learning needs.

And: to introduce that new lab to the students and industry as invitation to visit and start cooperative projects and research. The primary reason for building this state-of-the-art lab is to learn and grow with these new technologies, may the interest be technical or creative or any mixture.

Professor Stefan Albertz

Professor Stefan Albertz, Professor of 3D Animation and VFX, Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences

Stefan Albertz is professor of 3D Animation and Visual Effects at Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences. Previously, he worked as Lead 3D-Artist at RMH New Media and Pictorion Das Werk on visualisations, feature film and commercial productions. In latter position he built and held national and international workshops on 3D movie production culminating in his role as stereoscopic consultant on Wim Wender´s Oscar nominated Documentary “Pina” as well as a professorship for stereoscopy at Karlsruhe University of Art and Design. He also worked as product manager for postproduction at Rohde & Schwarz. In that role he extended the DCI specifications for 3D HFR content for “The Hobbit” Trilogy and pioneered the Interoperable Master Format (SMPTE ST-2067 IMF) together with Disney and Sony Pictures Imageworks as well as Netflix. 2023 he was nominated and accepted for the Epic Games Fellowship program and his short film was chosen for the festival selection. Prof. Albertz is initiator and advisor of the SMPTE German Student Chapter and holds several Awards for his productions. He is member of the SMPTE Rapid Industry Solutions On-Set Virtual Production and currently builds the multipurpose VFX Lab at Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences. His focus is on realtime computergraphics and AV technologies.