Interdisciplinary Centre for Digital Experience Design (IZEd)
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Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für digitales Erlebnisdesign
The Interdisciplinary Centre for Digital Experience Design (IZEd) brings together the Faculties of Tourism/Transport and Computer Science at Worms University of Applied Sciences. The research group develops digital services that create a cohesive experience for users.
To this end, the IZEd combines concepts from marketing, interaction design and visualisation. Its work focuses on service design, augmented reality and virtual reality, as well as digital solutions for tourism, destination marketing and events.
The schaz team at the Rhineland-Palatinate Day 2018
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Schaz Team
The schaz team, May 2018
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Schaz Team
Prof. Dr Alexander Wiebel in the field of virtual reality
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VR App
schaz – Rediscovering Worms’ treasures
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Schaz Spiel
The mobile gaming app schaz
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Schaz Spiel Dom
The SchUM app
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Schum App
The app for the UNESCO World Heritage Site of the SchUM cities
The following students, amongst others, have been involved with IZEd in recent years:
Julian Blüm – Focus: 3D modelling
Minh Son Truong – Focus: Design and programming
Tobias Neeb – Focus: Programming, computer graphics for AR
Nico Henkel – Focus: programming and augmented reality
Tobias Reiling – Focus: Programming and Augmented Reality
Marcel Schader – Focus: Programming and Virtual Reality
Tobias Hack – Focus: AR testing
Laura Sandmaier – Focus: AR testing
Sonja Moreno – Specialism: AR testing
Magnus Eckenfels – Focus: VR programming schaz
Charlotte Antz – Focus: Concept Development schaz
Damian Belter – Focus: Concept Development schaz
Tanja Keßler – Focus: Concept Development schaz
Kevin Balz – Focus: Programming schaz
Frank Blasius – Focus: Programming schaz
Thorsten Hufen – Focus: 3D modelling for schaz
Nikolai Udwari – Focus: Augmented Reality
Projects
The app guides tourists and locals alike through three short stories about the ‘Heiliger Sand’ Jewish cemetery and the area surrounding the synagogue and the mikveh. The stories are richly illustrated with photographs and drawings from various decades and take users on a journey through time to the years 1905, 1985 and 2018. Along the way, they gain a wealth of information about the monuments, as well as Jewish history, traditions, scholars and families.
In addition, users can explore Jewish Worms as if using a classic digital travel guide: the app summarises the information from the stories at more than 30 locations in the cemetery and around the synagogue. It also provides practical advice for visiting the SchUM sites in Worms, such as opening hours, car parks, visitor rules and tourist facilities.
Project leaders: Interdisciplinary Centre for Digital Experience Design, represented by Prof. Dr Jan Drengner (Faculty of Tourism and Transport) and Prof. Dr Werner König (Faculty of Computer Science)
Student project team: Katharina Fischer, Tobias Neeb, Minh Son Truong
Radio: Report on the app by Anke Sprenger, SWR2, ‘Journal am Mittag’, 5 November 2019
Client: SchUM Cities of Speyer, Worms and Mainz e.V.
For students
Are you interested in digitalisation and the experience-centred design of services using modern information and communication technologies? If so, you can write your project or final-year dissertation in collaboration with the IZEd. Please get in touch with one of the contact persons listed above.
Current job vacancy
The IZEd is looking for a student assistant in the field of augmented reality.
Here you will find a selection of publications by IZEd members, sorted by year.
Drengner, J.; Wiebel, A. (2020): Virtual Reality in Event Management – Applications, Benefits and Challenges, in: Zanger, C. (ed.): Events and Trade Fairs in the Digital Age, Wiesbaden, pp. 14–38. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-658-31775-1_2
Wiebel, A.; Keuchel, S.; Eckenfels, M.; Drengner, J.; König, W. (2020): Challenges of and Recommendations for Combining 6-DOF Spatial VR Interaction with Spherical Videos, in: TechRxiv by IEEE, Preprint. DOI: 10.36227/techrxiv.11525586.v1
Wiebel, A. (2020): Augmented Reality: Expanded Opportunities for Businesses of the Future, in: Report – Business Magazine of the Rheinhessen Region, Vol. 2020, No. 2, pp. 28–29. Read the article
News, press releases and press round-up
6 Dec 2021: The app for the UNESCO World Heritage Site ‘SchUM Sites in Speyer, Worms and Mainz’ is now complete! (Project: SchUM; Source: University of Applied Sciences Worms, Sensor Magazine)
2 December 2021: A journey through time with Martin Luther in Worms (Project: LutherAR; Source: Wormser Zeitung)
9 July 2021: Tabea Rößner’s summer tour with a stop at Worms University of Applied Sciences (Source: Worms University of Applied Sciences)
5 May 2021: An exciting journey through time with Martin Luther thanks to the ‘Worms erleben’ app (Project: LutherAR; Source: Mannheimer Morgen)
4 May 2021: A journey through time with the Luther app through Worms (Project: LutherAR; Source: Wormser Zeitung)
29 April 2021: Video report: Exploring Worms in Martin Luther’s time – the Luther app makes it possible! (Project: LutherAR; Source: Rhein-Neckar Fernsehen)
29 April 2021: Travel 500 years back in time via the app and follow in Martin Luther’s footsteps (Project: LutherAR; Source: Die Rheinpfalz)
29 April 2021: New app brings Luther to life (Project: LutherAR; Source: jesus.de)
29 April 2021: Video report: New app takes you on Luther’s trail through Worms (Project: LutherAR; Source: SWR Aktuell Rheinland-Pfalz)
29 April 2021: New Worms app brings Luther to life (Project: LutherAR; Source: PRO Medienmagazin)
28 April 2021: New app takes users on a journey in Luther’s footsteps through Worms (Project: LutherAR; Source: evangelisch.de)
28 April 2021: New app brings Worms in Luther’s time back to life (Project: LutherAR; Source: SWR Aktuell)
16 March 2021: Virtual events from an academic perspective: ‘We don’t really know how online events work’ (Project: Virtual Events; Source: eveosblog)
3 March 2021: A journey back to Worms in Luther’s time via smartphone (Project: LutherAR; Source: Die Rheinpfalz)
10 February 2021: IZEd involved in the redesign of the City of Worms’ website (Project: “Experience Worms”; Source: Wormser Zeitung, PDF)
News, press releases and press round-up
4 September 2020: “Holidays so close by” – report on the schaz app (Project: schaz; Source: RON TV)
25 May 2020: IZEd’s expertise is in demand: ‘worms-erleben.de’ aims to attract tourists (Project: schaz, SchUM, Wormsguide; Source: Wormser Zeitung)
16 Dec 2019: Opening of the Sparkasse forecourt with an AR feature implemented by the IZEd (Project: SPK Lounge; Source: Wormser Zeitung)
December 2019: How virtual reality is changing event management (Project: VR & Events; Source: BOE Messezeitung)
25 October 2019: Presentation entitled ‘Virtual Reality in Event Management – Applications, Benefits and Challenges’ at the Event Research 2019 conference (Project: VR & Events; Source: IZEd)
