The XCreation-Workshop facilitates cross-sector collaboration between aeronautical research and creative industries to apply gamification, VR, and AR to complex aviation tasks like turbine maintenance and flight staff training.
The initiative is a partnership between the Cross Innovation Hub, gamecity:Hamburg, and the Center of Applied Aeronautical Research (ZAL) to drive industrial innovation in Hamburg, Germany.
The workshop employs the Design Studio methodology, a structured one-day format that combines keynote expertise on aeronautical challenges with psychological principles of intrinsic motivation.
Participants include a diverse professional cohort from software development, VR/AR design, film, and performing arts, tasked with translating creative methodologies into practical industrial solutions.
The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund to promote regional economic development and technology transfer.
Organizers provide follow-up formats to help participants refine and concretize collaborative project ideas developed during the event.
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