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Daniel Hepperle and Matthias Wölfel are standing next to each other with their arms over each other's shoulders. Both are laughing into the camera. Daniel Hepperle is standing on the left and is wearing a cardboard doctor's hat on which, among other things, a 3D model of VR glasses and a 3D model of his VR avatar can be seen; the hat is also covered with pictures of the IIIX team.
Daniel Hepperle (left) with supervisor Prof. Dr. Matthias Wölfel at the celebration of his doctorate at the Institute for Intelligent Interaction and Immersive Experience.

Summa cum laude: Congratulations to Daniel Hepperle on his doctorate!

IIIX employee Daniel Hepperle has completed his doctorate at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with the University of Hohenheim with the top grade summa cum laude. The IIIX team congratulates him on this outstanding achievement!

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Interview with Daniel Hepperle on the topic of his dissertation: Can social science studies be conducted in virtual reality?
The IIIX team is standing on a staircase, Daniel Hepperle can be seen on the bottom step at the very front. Everyone smiles at the camera. Daniel Hepperle is holding the cardboard doctor's hat made by the team, on which the 3D model of VR goggles and a 3D model of his VR avatar can be seen, among other things; the hat is also covered with pictures of the IIIX team.
Daniel Hepperle (front) at the presentation of his doctoral hat designed by the IIIX team.
Special thanks go to Niklas Oesterle, who contributed the centerpiece of the hat with a lot of detailed work and 3D printing.

We wholeheartedly congratulate our colleague and deputy institute director Daniel Hepperle on successfully completing his doctorate with the top grade summa cum laude!

The doctorate was carried out at Karlsruhe University of Applied Sciences in cooperation with the University of Hohenheim and supervised by Prof. Dr. Matthias Wölfel (HKA) and Prof. Dr. Jens Vogelgesang (University of Hohenheim).

In his dissertation entitled "Exploring the Potential of Immersive Virtual Reality for Social Science Research", Daniel Hepperle investigated how immersive virtual reality (VR) can be used as a research environment for the social sciences - a highly relevant topic at the intersection between technology and society.

Daniel Hepperle received a doctoral scholarship from the Heinrich Hertz Foundation during his doctoral studies and within this context shared an insight into his dissertation in an interview:

Watch the video

Today, the successful graduation was celebrated at the Institute for Intelligent Interaction and Immersive Experience (IIIX) - as is tradition, with a DYI doctoral hat.

We are very proud of the outstanding achievement of our colleague Daniel Hepperle and are delighted to be working with such an engaged and imaginative person.

Congratulations from the entire IIIX team, dear Daniel Hepperle!

You can also find all of Daniel Hepperle's work on Google Scholar.

Contact

Prof. Dr. Matthias Wölfel
Institute Director
+49 721 925-1491
matthias.woelfel@h-ka.de