Areas of work and research
- Human-machine interaction
- User experience and quality of experience
- Immersive media
- Extended reality (XR)
- Virtual reality (VR)
- Augmented reality (AR)
- Digital twins
- Psychophysiological measurement: EEG, eye tracking, heart rate
- User states and emotions
- Generative AI in media applications
- Digital health and care
- Standardization and subjective test methods
Services offered
- User studies and usability tests, including in virtual and augmented reality
- Psychophysiological measurement to complement questionnaires: EEG, eye tracking, heart rate, skin conductance
- Impact measurement and evaluation concepts for digital applications
- Development and testing of XR prototypes for training, maintenance and communication
- Digital twins for planning, maintenance and training
- Standards-compliant test procedures and participation in standardization (ITU-T, DKE at VDE)
- Analysis of study data and statistical consulting
- Workshops and professional training for companies, clinics and public administration
Additional skills
- Statistics and experimental design
- Questionnaire development and scale validation
- Mixed methods: survey, behavioural observation, physiological measurement
- Design thinking
- Agile project methods (Professional Scrum Master I, Certified Scrum Product Owner)
Current project partners (selection)
- Industry and SMEs: Deutsche Windtechnik, 5micron, SWCode, WE are XR
- Healthcare: Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, ZAR Berlin, Dexter Health
- Universities and research institutes: Technical University of Berlin, South Westphalia University of Applied Sciences, HAW Hamburg, DFKI, Joanneum Research
- Region and public sector: City of Hamm, Lippstadt Economic Development Agency, Soest District Economic Development Agency
- International: Politecnico di Milano, University of Technology Sydney, American University of Beirut, NTNU Trondheim, University of Zagreb, UFSC Brazil, Saitama University
- Associations and standardization: ITU-T Study Group 12, DKE at VDE, Deutsche Theatertechnische Gesellschaft
Optimizing the interface between people and technology is the focus of Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan-Niklas Voigt-Antons' career. He leads the Immersive Reality Lab at HSHL, which researches and develops immersive applications, currently with eleven research staff and seven student assistants. Since 2024 he has also headed the HealthTech-HL research group, and since 2022 the university's Human-Machine Interaction research area.
Born in Duisburg, Prof. Voigt-Antons was drawn to study psychology at Darmstadt Technical University, where he received his diploma in 2008 with the overall grade sehr gut. He earned his doctorate in 2014 at the Technical University of Berlin, in Faculty IV, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, with magna cum laude; his dissertation on the neural correlates of perceived speech quality was published as a monograph by Springer.
From 2009 to 2014, alongside his doctorate, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Jan-Niklas Voigt-Antons worked at the Telekom Innovation Laboratories as a Research Scientist. There he was the expert on all issues relating to the measurement of user states in telecommunications systems, and specialized in the development of measurement methods. Earlier, at Daimler AG, he had focused on physiological measurement methods for automotive applications and how they can be used during the development of driver assistance systems.
From 2015 to 2021 he was Senior Research Scientist at the Quality and Usability Lab of the Technical University of Berlin, where he remains a guest researcher. On November 1, 2021, he took over the professorship "Applied Computer Science with a Focus on Immersive Media" at Hamm-Lippstadt University of Applied Sciences.
Since 2015 he has raised approximately 4.6 million euros in third-party funding, around 2.8 million of it in projects that began after the appointment. He is the author of more than 230 scientific publications (full list) and an active speaker at renowned international conferences. He co-developed ITU-T Recommendation P.812 on subjective test methods for interactive virtual reality, is a reviewer for scientific conferences and journals, and serves on advisory boards and editorial boards. His curriculum vitae and research profile are publicly available, as are the projects of the Immersive Reality Lab.
Ongoing third-party funded projects
Immersive Theatre Training (ITT) Immersive training for theatre technology, a field in which apprentices have to master rigging and stage-machinery procedures that are expensive and dangerous to practise for real. 2026 to 2028, ERDF North Rhine-Westphalia.
XRT-HuFuSa Adaptive XR training and digital twins for safety-critical industries, among them wind-turbine maintenance, with five partners from industry and academia. 2026 to 2028, ERDF North Rhine-Westphalia.
INFUSE International teaching and exchange network with Brazil, Japan, Thailand and India, and with regional partners in Hamm and Lippstadt. 2026 to 2028, DAAD.
Silent Bed Monitor Contact-free measurement of vital signs and movement in home care, designed so that it neither stigmatises nor burdens the person being monitored. 2025 to 2027, ZIM.
XRwise Tools and business models that let non-specialists create XR formats, for cultural institutions and small and medium-sized enterprises. 2025 to 2027, BMWE innovation programme.
Virtual Institute AR/VR in the Digitalise SÜDWESTFALEN project Regional transfer programme bringing VR and AR capability to companies and public institutions across South Westphalia. 2023 to 2027, Innovative Hochschule.
Completed third-party funded projects
ARiadne · DIDYMOS-XR · MIA-PROM · DigiOnTrack
All 22 projects since 2015 with partners, roles and volumes: voigt-antons.de/projects. Project descriptions from the lab: immersive-reality-lab.de
Courses
- Augmented Reality
- Virtual Reality
- Interactive Systems
- UX Research
- Software Ergonomics
- Graphical User Interfaces
- Visual Computing
- Ubiquitous Computing and Game Development
- Introduction to C and C++
Module responsibility for Human Perception and UX Research. Co-Head of the Computer Visualistics and Design degree programme.
Supervised theses, doctoral projects and the full teaching record: voigt-antons.de/teaching.