From the first hour until midnight, our booth “3D Knowledge Worlds – Explore, Play, Heal” was buzzing with curious and enthusiastic visitors. Experiencing their excitement first-hand was truly inspiring and showed just how powerful digital and interactive formats can be in making science and medicine more accessible.
Our goal is to bridge research, clinical practice, and public understanding — and this evening made it clear just how impactful that can be.
We showcased the first prototype of our XR game BoneEaters. With their smartphones, visitors explored how chronic inflammation leads to bone loss, turning the findings from TRR369 DIONE into a vivid, hands-on experience. The game is free to download in the App and Play Store until the end of the year.
Visitors also had the chance to dive into the CARSLE VR app, experiencing the journey of CAR-T cell therapy — from malfunctioning immune cells to reprogrammed T cells. A powerful way to explain complex treatments and support patient decision-making.
And of course, younger guests loved INFLAMMANIA 3D – The CAR T-cell Solution, our Roblox prototype, which we have developed with master students of Benedikt Morschheuser!
All these projects share a mission: making science engaging and connecting researchers, clinicians, and patients through immersive tech.
A big shout-out to our amazing interdisciplinary Inflammation Research Erlangen Team at Deutsche Zentrum Immuntherapie (DZI), Universitätsklinikum Erlangen and FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg – thank you for your creativity, teamwork, and commitment to making such formats possible!
