VR WOMEN

XR moms ( www.xrmoms.de ) is an initiative that Margarita Chikobava is a part of. XR moms dreams of a future for mothers and other caregivers to become a vital part in the XR industry and be independent and creative at the same time, while earning enough money to live a life.  Mothers helping mothers. This new episode circles around the questions of working in an female only team and how that has...

Ioulia is cofounder of Another World VR - a berlin based company in the business of creating VR pieces for the last 10 years. Her background in storytelling and literature brought her close to the genre of horror - but in many ways the societal or historical horror is of even deeper interest to her. How she navigated through the business over the last decade and what her approach as a women is - y...

VR Women talks with Ágnes Bakk and Daniela Hanusová. Ágnes organised the ZIP Scene Conference now in its 7th edition this year in Prague and Daniela is one part of the head of Art VR Festival. This is a unique event bringing together the arts and the academia in Eastern Europe. The women talk about the beauty and hardships that come with organising and maintaining such an event together. You can s...

In Episode #18 VR Women talks with digital artist Ruah Kim. Ruah is based in South Korea and her current VR project „Dimension“ explores the realms of what can help people who are in need of relief wether be it from pain, stress or anxiety. Ruah started working on the idea while taking care of her cancer ill sister. A mediative experience, that will keep on developing as Ruah does not plan to „end...

VR Women meets with Dagmar Schürrer from the Aurora School of Artists (https://aurora.htw-berlin.de/en/current/) and Mariam Rafehi from the Immersive Technology Hub (https://projekte.htw-berlin.de/hochschule/immersive-technologies-hub/).  We talk about the possibilities Berliners have in getting support for their VR projects, and about their ideas and we find wonderful networking opportunities. An...

Ana Monte is a sound designer and co-founder of Delta Soundworks ( https://www.deltasoundworks.com/ ) -  among many other things.  She shares her insights on working with spatial audio and speaks openly about the situation of the ratio of women in the field of audio (which is currently at 7%)  and what we can do to change that.  Knowing how audio has this very individual language that speaks to ou...

Lara Rohde recently graduated with the VR project "Planet Puberty Menstruation" which aims at a younger audience (6 - 20 years). It just won the XR Science Award 2024. In episode 15 we talk about the challenges and advantages VR presents to the audience when creating a world around a topic like menstruation. Especially when it provokes shame in other mediums easily among an audience.  No...

Celine Tricart is been creating and producing in VR for many years; together with her co-founder Marie Blondiaux she started we are coven. Her VR experiences like „The Key“ or „Fight Back“ were invited to many festivals around the globe. Now she dives into the world of gaming with the VR game „Masters of Light“.  VR Women talks with her about the different aspects of creating an experience or a ga...

Dr. Jacquelyn Ford Morie - or as the VR community also knows her - Jacki Morie is one of THE pioneers in VR. For three decades she has been creating and researching in the field of Virtual Reality focusing on meaningful personal experiences. At www.morie.org you can find out more about the vast amount of influence Jacki had and still has on the community of VR - be it her thesis on „Meaning and Em...

This time VR women has two  guests for the first time  - Deirdre V. Lyons and Whitton Frank - both founders of the ferryman collective:  https://www.ferrymancollective.com/ . Together they create and execute live immersive narratives in VR and tell us, how that does not only change the way of production, but also how the medium of VR lets one get in touch with the audience.   Find out more at: htt...

Paula Strunden is an architectural designer and a researcher in XR. Her work focuses on the possibilities of how binaries can be dissolved in XR, what exactly embodiment and disembodiment can mean and how you can be so much more free in XR without having to hold a controller in your hands all the time.  On the platform www.xr-atlas.org she collects works, that otherwise might be lost to the public...

In Episode 10 VR Women meets  Natasha Greenhalgh in Amsterdam. Natasha talks with us about her background, what she believes is needed for women in the immersive arts and new media technologies nowadays and how she started Nxt Museum ( https://nxtmuseum.com/ ) together with her business partner Merel van Helsdingen.  Find out more at: https://www.vr-women.com

Anil Altas Brug comes from marketing. She got into VR around 2016 and co-founded her own agency Turboslow Web3. She combines her work in new technological areas with her believe in digital mindfulness and a need to experiment.  Find out more at: https://www.vr-women.com

As CEO of NEON and creator of many VR pieces VR Women dives deep with Deepa Mann-Kler in this episode into the the connection of art, technology and the importance of humanity in all of it. Find out more about Deepa and her work here: https://www.discoverneon.com/ Find out more at: https://www.vr-women.com

Michaela Pnacekova is an XR maker, a technologist and a researcher. She talks with us about her current research work in the field of facial expressions and analysis of emotions. Will the future hold better understanding of emotions for us in VR or might it be more restricted? You can find more about Michaela's work here: https://michaelapnacekova.com/ Find out more at: https://www.vr-women.c...

Siza Mukwedini started Matamba Film Labs for women in Harare / Zimbabwe, where she offers training in the field of VR for women. She talks with us about the challenges that she faces in a patriarchal society to create a safe space for women, where they can thrive and tell African stories the way they want to. Find more out at: https://matambafilmlabs.com Find out more at: https://www.vr-women.com

In episode 5 Tanja Kojic talks to us about her research in academia for VR and XR  at the quality and usability Lab in Berlin ( https://www.tu.berlin/qu ), her focus on user experience and how something can feel in VR. And she answers the question: Is coding a necessity for VR?  Find out more at: https://www.vr-women.com

Cathline Smoos is a French psychologist and sexologist searching for means in VR to improve intimacy and human interactions. Her project https://www.imbuevr.com is for couples who are in for something new. We talk about how VR can help if you are in a long distance relationship, why a striptease of monsters is more alluring in VR than on a flat screen and why porn can be poetic.  Find out more at:...

In episode three we talk with Yasmin Elayat - calling herself a tech-agnostic she is a creator for XR and shares her insights and experiences of the past years of her work.  Her projects show her interest in social changes and her connection to the technical side of realising the content: http://elayat.com/ Find out more at: https://www.vr-women.com

Katharina Haverich lives in Berlin and creates VR experiences for the stage and in social VR. You can take a look at her work here: https://www.katharinahaverich.de . Or visit her studio „dreams about girls“ on this platform: https://vrchat.com/home/launch?worldId=wrld_dcca6a86-0a01-4007-b17c-9f4201991925 . Find out more at: https://www.vr-women.com

Julia Bruton is a female VR creator and the founder of VR WOMEN. She started producing films, later founded an animation studio and now explores virtual worlds. In this very first episode of this podcast Julia shares her visions and talks about her current projects.  - VR WOMEN is a podcast exploring new female aspects in VR. Find out more at: https://www.vr-women.com