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Places will be further developed: as one of the most important platforms of the XR scene in Germany, Places will in future also be visible in various other formats that go beyond the annual [...]

The third Places _ VR Festival was also a real success and attracted 6000 visitors on- and offline. Meaningful XR” was also the focus of our festival this year. At Places _ 2021, the [...]

We invited to the third edition of the Places _ VR Festival from 16 to 18 September 2021. Once again, we attracted XR enthusiasts from near and far to Gelsenkirchen-Ückendorf and, after a year [...]

Originally planned for May, the situation around the Corona pandemic unfortunately leads to a further delay, so that the Places _ VR Festival 2020 will take place in August. Nevertheless, with a [...]

After taking a run-up in 2019, a proper solution for the future was found to present a Places _ VR Festival in 2020 and 2021. Through the support of the State Ministry of Economic Affairs within [...]

At Creative _ Places we have implemented the long-cherished idea of a short term artist-in-residence program. 6 artists* from all over Germany lived and worked together for one week, in a shared [...]

In June 2019, the Places team receives the Urbanana Award for extraordinary concepts in city tourism. The prize awarded by Tourismus NRW is both a reward for work done and motivation for future [...]

  2019 is not a “break year” for the Places team. The second festival edition cannot take place in 2019. Nevertheless, with the VR-Science- & Business Day and Creative _ [...]

The Places _ VR Festival celebrates its premiere. Germany’s first festival for Virtual Reality takes place in the Creative Quarter Ückendorf. More than 2000 visitors, enthusiastic program [...]

One thing proves in no-time: A VR event in Ückendorf has a high potential, but needs certain structures and a portion of conceptual work in addition to the existence of an organizer, if the event [...]