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Logged in! Kassel: Experience digital technologies
The digital lab tour at the department provided insights into current technologies such as augmented and virtual reality, 3D scanning and 3D printing as well as robotics, which were also discussed critically. Some of the participants were already retired, while others work as teachers at vocational schools or music schools, do voluntary work or are self-employed. Most of them had no previous experience with digital technologies in the lab. After an initial presentation, the participants were then able to get hands-on and try them out for themselves, for example by immersing themselves in a virtual working world with virtual reality glasses, scanning parts of a robot themselves or making a weld seam with an augmented reality welding trainer. The participants were fascinated by how a 3D printer works and whether it can be used to print spare parts for a vacuum cleaner, for example. There was also great interest in scanning personal objects with the 3D scanner and comparing the generated 3D model with the scan result from a smartphone. Meanwhile, there was always room for questions, suggestions and networking.