- On 9 November from 2pm to 4pm the Falling Walls Foundation will host a virtual online 3D Watch Event in the Metaverse. Join us for this amazing experience here.
- Participants can watch the Falling Walls livestream, which will be partially broadcasted -additionally to the regular livestream in the period mentioned. On screen: exciting lectures such as “Breaking the Wall to Ultra-Fast Genome Sequencing” by S. Balasubramanian (University of Cambridge).
- The virtual event location is especially designed for the Science Summit 2022. Participants can move freely around with their 3D avatars and network during the broadcast.
- Those who wish a complete VR experience may participate with Quest and other virtual reality glasses
- The Falling Walls Foundation hosts the virtual 3D Watch Event together with UNYTED Ltd, a Metaverse-as-a-Service-provider.
- Find the three-day programme of the Falling Walls Science Summit here: Programme 2022
- More information about the Falling Walls Science Summit and this year´s speakers at Falling Walls Science Summit 2022.
Berlin, 26. Oktober 2022. Meet us in the Metaverse on 9 November! The Falling Walls Foundation will host a virtual 3D Watch Event in the Metaverse on the Science Summit Breakthrough Day in an especially designed event location. Participants can watch the Science Summit livestream, which will be partially broadcasted -additionally to the regular livestream- from 2 pm to 4 pm. Participants can move freely with their 3D avatars, communicate with each other during the event and experience exciting lectures like “Breaking the Wall to Ultra-Fast Genome Sequencing” by S. Balasubramanian (University of Cambridge) and the Falling Walls Lab Breakthroughs of the Year. Of course the Falling Walls Foundation offers the complete VR-experience. Those who wish may participate with virtual reality glasses. For Metaverse-Newbies: Participation is quite simple. Just log in to the event here, check out our “How to move around”-help desk, choose a seat or just have a look around – and of course enjoy two hours of exciting lectures broadcasted by the Science Summit livestream.
The concept of the metaverse is still evolving. Nobody can deny that it already plays an important role in the present, in the field of science in particular. These digital and virtual worlds provide news ways to connect and share experiences – especially for future education, for science, for events like the Falling Walls Science Summit. Just one example: Experiencing science through virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) makes a lot of topics more accessible, practical, and interactive. This also applies to the rest of the STEM disciplines like technology, engineering and mathematics. By joining the Metaverse these scientific areas will be more relevant to a broader group of scientists. One advantage: They can research more efficient in the simulation and without the restrictions or costs of the physical lab. And it will guarantee completely new synchronous working methods in scientific work.
“The Metaverse offers opportunities for science communication on a whole a new level. The virtual 3D Watch Event of the Falling Walls Science Summit on 9 November invites science enthusiasts and future thinkers to engage with the world’s brightest minds and learn about their science breakthroughs. Together we break the wall between virtuality and reality”, says Dr. Imke Rajamani, Managing Director at Falling Walls Foundation.
The Falling Walls Foundation hosts this amazing experience in the Metaverse together with UNYTED Ltd, a Metaverse-as-a-Server-provider. UNYTED Ltd. is creating and supporting a multiverse of interconnected 3-D virtual worlds, accessible for everyone, by everyone, on any device. https://unyted.space.
Gaby K. Slezak, Co-founder of UNYTED: “Scientific breakthroughs impact everyone’s life, and that’s why we think it should be celebrated together in the nascent Metaverse, with like-minded people who can’t be in Berlin.”
About the Falling Walls Science Summit
Falling Walls Science Summit is a leading international, interdisciplinary and intersectoral forum for scientific breakthroughs and science dialogue between global science leaders and society. The event takes place every year from 7–9 November in Berlin, commemorating the fall of the Berlin Wall. With formats Falling Walls Pitches (7 November), Falling Walls Circle (8 November) and Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs of the Year (9 November), the Falling Walls Science Summit is the leading forum for global science leaders from academia, business, politics, the media, and civil society to debate the potential of scientific breakthroughs to solve grand challenges and shape a sustainable future. The Falling Walls Science Summit is organised by the non-profit Falling Walls Foundation. More: www.falling-walls.com
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