10th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

June 13–14, 2023 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Kalle Max Hofmann

Founder and expert on visual effects

Tunermaxx Media GmbH

Kalle Max Hofmann is the founder of Tunermaxx Media GmbH and an expert on visual effects, cinematic stereoscopy and virtual reality. In the VFX department, his credits include supervising roles in some of Germany’s biggest box office hits like Keinohrhasen and Honig im Kopf, Netflix shows like Skylines and arthouse favourites like the Oscar® nominated PINA by Wim Wenders. In addition to working on all of Wenders’ stereoscopic movies, he has written and directed a handful of his own, like Wonderful World 3D and Our Universe 3D, released by Universal Pictures. Starting as early as 1990, Tunermaxx have also released computer games, a notable title being Rainbow Reactor: Fusion which premiered on Meta’s highly curated Quest Store in 2020 and is now available on many other VR platforms, including Steam, Pico and HTC. Their latest game, „Die Känguru-Verschwörung“ is a movie tie-in for one of Germany’s most beloved comedy franchises.

  • 13:30 - 14:30 | Session 1

    OpenAI-based Media

    Alexander Heidler

    Account Executive Media and Telecommunication

    Microsoft

    AI @ ARTE: Current implementations to boost technological and creative excellence

    Kemal Gorgülü

    Chief Technology Officer

    ARTE

    LLMS in conversational AI and Dialogue Management

    Robin Rabe

    Director of Conversational AI

    Muuuh! Group

    15:00 - 16:00 | Session 2

    Shooting a ZDF Show in the Metaverse

    Kalle Max Hofmann

    Founder and expert on visual effects

    Tunermaxx Media GmbH

    Your journey to your own corporate metaverse

    Oliver Schuler

    Managing Director

    TriCat

    Metaverse Purpose

    Fax Quintus

    CEO

    i-mmersive

    16:30 - 18:00 | Session 3

    Online Live Experience

    Kiyoshi Tanaka

    Associate Professor

    Otsuma Women´s University

    How the new Apple headset will transform streaming experiences forever

    Robin Sho Moser

    Head of Web3 & Metaverse

    DACH | EPAM Continuum

    Using (generative) AI to improve video viewing experiences

    Martin Prins

    Head of Product

    Media Distillery

    Generative AI on AWS

    Ralf-Dieter Wagner

    Head of AI/ML EMEA Central

    Amazon Web Services