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Our CREATORS at Gamescom 2025

THE LÄND joint booth at Gamescom 2024 (Photo: Tobias Vollmer)

Since 2013, MFG has organized a Baden-Württemberg state and joint booth in the business area of Gamescom in Cologne. At the booth, organized by the MFG initiative Games BW, exhibiting companies and institutions will once again have the opportunity at this year’s Gamescom (August 20 to 24, 2025) to showcase their latest developments to industry professionals and connect with the international gaming scene. The 2025 appearance will be held under the motto: “THE LÄND – Games & Virtual Worlds Made in Baden-Württemberg.” Come by!

This year, nine companies will be presenting at the THE LÄND booth. Our lineup of CREATORS includes b.ReX and kaleidoscube, both based in Stuttgart, and Zeitland media & games from Ludwigsburg. Other exhibitors include Blossom Seeker, GazeQuest, Half Soup Labs, kr3m. media, LAB132, and PONG.Li.

The THE LÄND state and joint booth can be visited from August 20 to 22, 2025, in the Business Area (Hall 4.1, Booth C64).

Additionally, for the first time this year, four indie studios from Baden-Württemberg will be presenting at the Indie Arena Booth (August 20–24) in Hall 10.2: Studio Seufz with “Lucky Tower Ultimate” and kaleidoscube with “Recur” – both members of AMCRS – alongside Application Systems Heidelberg and Walk The Frog.

You can find more information about the Indie Arena Booth 2025 here: indiearenabooth.de/gamescom2025/games 

Gamescom 2024 (Photos: Tobias Vollmer)

The state booth is organized by MFG Baden-Württemberg in cooperation with Baden-Württemberg International (BW_i), with support from the City of Karlsruhe through K³ Kultur- und Kreativwirtschaftsbüro Karlsuhe / UNESCO City of Media Arts, as well as  ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medien. The project is funded by the  Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Arbeit und Tourismus Baden-Württemberg.

More about the Gamescom Business Area

Source: games-bw.mfg.de

Unreal Engine MegaMeetup #9 with b.Rex on July, 23

Our CREATORS from b.ReX host the official “MegaMeetup” of the Unreal Engine community every three months. This format brings together professionals, beginners and industries that work with the Unreal Engine from Epic Games. In addition to keynote speeches on current topics, participants can also present and network on their own projects while enjoying food and drinks.

The Unreal Engine MegaMeetup #9 – Special Edition: Bullseye & Barcade (powered by b.ReX & supported by “Creative Connection / NEW STUTTGART“) takes place on Wednesday, July 23, 2025, at Bullseye Axtwerfen, Neckargartacher Str. 111, 74080 Heilbronn. Play with brand-new Unreal exhibits and demo your own project live on the Open Stage – instant feedback and applause guaranteed. The program includes the talk “AI Avatars as a New Form of Communication”. For founders & entrepreneurs, marketing leads, Unreal dev pros & newcomers, students – in short, anyone working with or seriously interested in Unreal Engine.

More information and registration here (meetup.com) and here (communities.unrealengine.com)

Image: Unreal Engine MegaMeetup, b.Rex

Virtuelle Welten & XR EXPO 2025

Baden-Württemberg is the first federal state in Germany to organize the event “Virtuelle Welten – Chancen im Metaverse erleben” (“Virtual Worlds – Exploring Opportunities in the Metaverse“), consisting of both a congress and a trade fair. The Ministry of Economic Affairs, Labour and Tourism of Baden-Württemberg is joining forces with the Virtual Dimension Center Fellbach (VDC) and partnering with XR EXPO to bring together expertise from pioneering companies in the Metaverse sector – including industry, the creative economy, research, and gaming – along with leading research institutes and developers. The two-day event, taking place on May 8 and 9, 2025, aims to showcase the diverse facets and existing possibilities of the Metaverse through demonstrators, while also offering fresh impulses for future developments.

The events Virtual Worlds and XR EXPO will be jointly organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the VDC on May 8, 2025, and will take place at the Porsche Arena and the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart. Admission and exhibitor costs are free of charge. The target audience includes professionals and executives from industry, crafts, and services, startups, students, pupils, employees of state administrations and other federal states, as well as anyone eager not to miss out on the virtual age. The XR EXPO congress on May 9, 2025, will be exclusively organized by the VDC and held at the Maritim Hotel in Stuttgart (ticket costs for this day are 250 euros).

On behalf of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, MFG Baden-Württemberg is organizing the THE CREATIVE LÄND exhibition area (May 8, starting at 13:30 CET in the Porsche Arena), featuring live demos, an open stage, and interactive experience labs. Companies from the fields of games, animation, VFX, and UX will showcase their creative XR applications, offering insights into the opportunities and potential of Metaverse technologies. The program will be hosted by Anna Katharina Brinkschulte, Head of Interactive Media at Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg’s Animationsinstitut (read her guest article “Neue Perspektiven für die Kreativwirtschaft im Metaverse“.)

Additional AMCRS members will also be participating in THE CREATIVE LÄND exhibition area: Pixelcloud will take part in the “Pitch & Connect: Exhibitors ‘Games BW & Interactive Media” session at 14:15 CET. Halbautomaten will join the “Pitch & Connect: Exhibitors ‘Cross Innovation” session at 16:45 CET. Also on May 8, at 15:00 CET, the “Hands-on Workshop: Rapid Prototyping von Virtuellen Erlebnis-Welten mit Hilfe von KI-Tools und VR-Brillen” will take place, led by Prof. Dr. Jürgen Scheible, Professor of Interaction Design at Hochschule der Medien, in the CodeLab room at the Porsche Arena, At 15:30 CET, Maximilian Schmierer from b.ReX will present in the Creative Länd Experience Labs on the topic: “Das digitale Ich im Metaverse – Avatare als neue Kommunikationsform“ in the PixelRoom of the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle.

See the complete program: https://event.cyberlaend.eu/programm

More information: https://xrexpo.tech/cyberlaend-en

Unreal Engine MegaMeetup Stuttgart #7 on December 12 at B.REX

Our CREATORS from b.Rex invite to their seventh Unreal Engine MegaMeetup Stuttgart. This time you can try out numerous exhibits and present your own projects on the Open Stage. As always, networking will of course also take centre stage.

Photo: b.Rex

B.Rex will provide food (also vegetarian) and drinks. There will also be entertainment at the pinball machine or their retro arcade machines. Weather permitting, the event will take place outside in the backyard and you’ll have a barbecue!

The Unreal Engine MegaMeetup Stuttgart #7 will take place on December 12, 2024, 18:30 to 20:30 CET, at b.Rex, Reinsburgstraße 96/1, 70197 Stuttgart-West.

More information and registration

b.Rex part of the XR EXPO 2024

Image: VDC

Our HEROES from b.Rex will be taking part in the XR EXPO, which will be held on April 3/4, 2024, in Stuttgart’s Haus der Wirtschaft (Willi-Bleicher-Straße 19, 70174 Stuttgart) and organized by the Virtual Dimension Center (VDC) – and they are very much looking forward to welcoming you to their stand!

The XR EXPO is a B2B exhibition fair for Virtual Reality (VR), Mixed Reality (MR) and Augmented Reality (AR), or in short: eXtended Reality (XR). The focus is on XR technologies and professional applications of VR, MR and AR in industry, architecture, health, trade and crafts. The XR EXPO is characterized by XR industry giants, excellent speakers and showcases from practice. The XR EXPO has set itself the goal of being THE meeting point for industry users, technology providers, content service providers and XR researchers. Their get-togethers offer the perfect opportunity for networking.

Find more information and the ticket shop on the expo’s website: https://xrexpo.tech/2024

Partners of the event include the Stuttgart Region Economic Development Corporation and MFG Baden-Württemberg.

TechTalks on November 22, 2023, at Filmakademie

The TechTalks Stuttgart event series presents technical topics from the fields of visual effects (VFX) and animation for scientists, creative professionals, students and the interested public. After the keynote speeches, people can spontaneously take to the microphone on their own behalf. The next event will take place on November 22, 2023, at 18:30 CET at Albrecht-Ade Studio (Animationsinstitut / Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg), Akademiehof 10, 71638 Ludwigsburg. 

Admission is free! Please register in advance at contact@amcrs.de. Please note: The event will be recorded, but is not hybrid.

Program Schedule:

„USD Project Workflows“ | Paul Golter, Technical Directing, Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg

This talk is about the USD pipeline of the diploma project “Underwater” at Animationsinstitut. This talk will not focus on theoretical USD concepts, but rather show how to structure a project with USD. You will learn how to create assets and shots with the USD and how all USD data is organized on the hard drive.

„Unreal Nerfs“ | Max Schmierer, b.ReX

The polygon is dead, long live the polygon? Gaussian Splatting is on everyone’s lips, whether for “digital twins” of real film sets or as a creative way to create assets for virtual worlds. But how exactly do these “Gaussian Splats” work – and what are the limits of the technology? Can they be combined with conventional technologies? In this short talk, we will delve deeper into the topic and take a look at what is already possible with a real-time engine like Unreal.

„Projectionmapping & Künstliche Intelligenz“ | Maximilian Pfisterer, Frischvergiftung

Frischvergiftung from Stuttgart is already successfully using imaging AI in its workflows. In projection mappings to completely transform existing buildings, to create visuals for music festivals or in collaboration with Andreas Hykade to generate morphings between given artworks. Today, the Stuttgart-based studio is giving us some insights and providing keywords to get started.

Infoflyer (PDF)

TechTalks Stuttgart is an initiative of the following institutions:

Animation Media Cluster Region Stuttgart | MFG Baden-Württemberg | Film Commission Region Stuttgart | Hochschule der Medien Stuttgart | Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg | Animationsinstitut

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Unreal Megameetup Stuttgart #5 on September 28 at b.Rex

Our HEROES from b.Rex invite to their fifth Unreal Megameetup Stuttgart. This time you can try out numerous exhibits and present your own projects on the Open Stage. Additionally, networking will be in the foreground, as always. A short guest presentation will be given by Kaleidoscube, who will talk about their project “A Juggler’s Tale” (winner of the German Computer Game Award and the Epic MegaGrants).

Food (also vegetarian) and drinks will be provided by b.rex. Entertainment will be provided by their pinball and retro arcade machines. Weather permitting, the event will be held outside in the backyard and they will have a barbecue!

The Unreal Megameetup Stuttgart #5 will take place on September 28, 2023, 17:45 to 19:45 CET, at b.Rex, Reinsburgstraße 96/1, 70197 Stuttgart-West.

More information and registration

b.Rex are hiring!

Intelligent Cycling – Gamified Indoor Cycling Platform (b.Rex)

Our HEROES at b.Rex have several positions available:

Senior Full Stack Developer (m/f/d), permanent position in full time Job description (German)

Digital Project Management or Interactive Production (m/f/d), permanent position in full time Job description

Unreal Engine Developer (m/f/d), permanent position in full time Job description

Apply now and become part of their wonderful team!

All open positions at b.Rex

b.ReX at the KI-Festival Heilbronn

Joseph von Fraunhofer

Our HEROES from b.ReX will be exhibitors at the KI-Festival in Heilbronn, on July 1 and 2, 2023, which offers the opportunity to “meet AI experts, experience enthusiasm and share concerns in a festival atmosphere”!

They will present the AI project “Joseph von Fraunhofer“: In the employee competition, the idea of a virtual company founder was created: Joseph von Fraunhofer. The conception of the avatar is based on paintings, written documents and his death mask. In the lobby of the Stuttgart Fraunhofer Institutes, the avatar conducts conversations, supported by GPT-4 and NVIDIA’s “Audio 2 Face” technology. Since 2022, employees and guests have been interacting with the virtual founder to better understand the connection between science and industry through Fraunhofer.

More about the KI-Festival

When: July 1 and 2, 2023, 12:00 to 20:00 CET

Where: Zukunftspark Wohlgelegen, 74076 Heilbronn, Germany.

Admission is free.

Bringing the real world into a virtual environment

The Container City at Stuttgart’s Nordbahnhof, an area used by creative professionals with studios, rehearsal rooms and stages, will be demolished at the end of 2023. Our HEROES from the Research & Development department of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg’s Animationsinstitut and b.rex GmbH have teamed up with Third Picture GbR and digitally captured the Container City as part of a research project to make it accessible through VR technology in the digital world and to preserve it as a cultural site. A groundbreaking project to help bring real and fantasy worlds into the metaverse!

The TV magazine NANO reported about it on the 3Sat channel in their issue of April 25, 2023. Watch it here!