Stasi interrogation methods, subway escape, highway travel without a car: the Vragments team of journalists, developers, graphic designers and scientists expands our reality in virtual space. With their product Fader, anyone can tell their own virtual story easily and without complex technology – with text, sound, images, video and, of course, in 360 degrees. In the MediaTech Lab Lounge at Studio Five, we spoke to the five founders Linda Rath-Wiggins, Stephan Gensch, Rony Esterluss, Tino Breddin and Marcus Bösch about houseboats in Copenhagen, Deutschlandfunk, the HPI and XR history.
We 5 Vragments founders are …
is interested in making complex topics understandable through immersive solutions in AR and VR. To this end, we are building a platform, Fader, with which interactive VR stories can be built and published quickly and easily.
Our company idea was born …
because we want to lower the technical hurdles for creatives, storytellers and journalists so that they can offer their stories immersively and interactively.
Fader is …
a web-based VR platform with which VR stories can not only be built, but also experienced.
I had my first VR experience …
on a space station. Somewhere in the middle of nowhere. A friend had introduced us to new VR technologies and made us aware of the first journalistic VR stories. After that, it quickly became clear: this is the medium of the future.
Best VR product ever / or best VR experience ever …
is our VR application on the topic of Stasi interrogation methods. We are very proud of this collaboration with Deutschlandfunk Kultur and the journalist Jana Wuttke. In the experience, users can use original audio recordings and a computer-generated interrogation room to understand the interrogation methods used by the Stasi to force confessions. The original audios are gripping enough.
But there are also great Fader stories from our users. We’ve been on houseboats in Copenhagen, in English windmills and on a moped in India.
Our latest “baby” to join in…
is Fader. Simply register, upload your own pictures or movies and get started.
We, one female founder and four male founders, got to know each other …
at various locations. These include at the Helmholtz-Gymnasium in Potsdam, in the pub and in joint seminars at the University of Potsdam and the Hasso Plattner Institute.
Potsdam is for us …
important! 3 founders come from Potsdam or live in Potsdam. Berlin is also just a suburb ?
In 2021, Fader is …
THE go-to platform for XR stories.
We have many years of experience as …
Journalists, IT specialists, designers, lecturers, concept developers, consultants and storytellers.
We bring with us …
Courage, commitment and creativity.
Our favorite location for networking in Babelsberg is …
The meeting room in the Media Tech Hub. Here we can brainstorm, discuss and meet with partners, customers and interested parties.
We recommend every startup …
A broad-based team, passion, room for mistakes, room for success and a lot of patience.
You can find us …
in August-Bebel-Str. 26-53, 14482 Potsdam – above Studio Five, on the 3rd floor and here on our website.
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The media technologies of the future are already being used today – not only in the entertainment sector but in a wide variety of industries. For our MediaTech Hub Potsdam blog, we talk to tech enthusiasts, entrepreneurs and researchers once a month and tell the stories behind their innovative business models, ideas, projects and collaborations.
