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VR-AI-Project: Avatopia

Where hope and democracy meet

 
Nov 18, 2025
Augsburg

The two universities LMU and THA are launching the innovative learning project “Avatopia – Where Hope and Democracy Meet.” The project uses AI and virtual reality (VR) to combine historical, political, and aesthetic education.

 

The project is aimed at high school and university students. Using “Story Living,” participants enter VR rooms and engage in interactive dialogue with AI avatars of the historical figures Mahatma Gandhi and Emmy Noether. The aim is to make democracy tangible as a dialogical process and to reflect on social responsibility.

Prof. Anja Ballis (LMU) and Prof. Alice Gruber (THA) are responsible for the project.