Markus Tatzgern is an FH professor at the Creative Technologies department of FH Salzburg. There, he leads research and the Game & Mixed Reality study area. For teens in Salzburg, this matters because games, virtual reality and AI (artificial intelligence) become tangible here as ongoing projects at Campus Urstein, not just future promises.
His official FH team page lists his office as room 324 at Campus Urstein. Two current research projects show what his team is actually building right now: mixed reality training for roofers, and the AI project GenAIedTech. Both run over several years and are publicly documented.
Where the work becomes concrete in Salzburg
Creative Technologies at Campus Urstein
The official FH team page lists Markus Tatzgern as Head of Research and Head of Academic Area Game & Mixed Reality. The address is Urstein Süd 1, 5412 Puch bei Salzburg, room 324. For his research, the page names three recent awards: an Honorable Mention for Best Paper at ACM MobileHCI 2025, one at IEEE ISMAR 2024, and one at ACM CHI 2022. All three conferences rank among the most important international meetings for mixed reality and human-computer interaction.
Two research projects with a clear timeline
The project "Mixed Reality Training for Roofers" runs from 01/2026 to 12/2027. It develops mixed reality training for roofer apprenticeships. The second project, GenAIedTech, runs from 05/2025 to 04/2029 under the full title "Content Creation with Generative Artificial Intelligence for Interactive Educational Technologies." The FH news page on GenAIedTech describes three building blocks: evaluating different AI models, new workflows between staff and AI, and prototypes at companies from machinery, medical device and software development.
Two fields, one shared core
At first glance, game development and AI product documentation look like two separate topics. Both projects hang on the same question: how does technology help people with a concrete task without fully taking that task over? For the roofer training, it is about practising safely in virtual reality. For GenAIedTech, it is about staff still checking texts themselves while AI supplies suggestions.
The further FH Salzburg pages also show that this research is part of a larger department, not a single one-person project. For SalzburgTeen, this public trail was checked again on August 4, 2026.
Why this can matter to teens
If you're interested in games or virtual reality, this shows that mixed reality technology reaches well beyond pure entertainment. A training system for roofers shows how the same technology can also make vocational training safer.
If you're more interested in AI, GenAIedTech gives a concrete example of where AI actually gets used in companies: for manuals, translations and training material, not as a miracle fix.
For both interests, the AI workshop guide for teens lists further local entry points. If you're more interested in games and technology in general, the nerdy activities in Salzburg offer further starting points without an FH connection.
How to connect with this path
The most honest first step is the yearly Open House at Campus Urstein. In 2026, it took place on Saturday, 21.03.2026, from 9:00 to 16:00. According to FH Salzburg, no registration is needed: "You can simply drop by." Visitors are welcome to bring family along. The current date for the next edition is always listed on FH Salzburg's official Open House page.
If you just want to read first, start with the FH team page and the GenAIedTech project page. If you want to seriously check a study path afterward, a conversation with parents or a career counsellor helps sort out age, workload and the right prior schooling realistically.
What matters so this profile stays honest
As of August 4, 2026, the statements here rely on the official FH team page and the FH news page on GenAIedTech. Both project timelines (01/2026 to 12/2027, and 05/2025 to 04/2029) come directly from the FH page.
The Open House date of March 21, 2026 is already in the past at the time of this check. It serves here as an example of date, time and registration logic, not as an invitation to a specific future date. Only FH Salzburg's official page is authoritative for the next date.
Private contact details such as a personal phone number or email address stay outside this profile. A research project does not become a market-ready miracle solution here; SalzburgTeen reads such projects as orientation, not advertising.
Conclusion
Markus Tatzgern connects two research trails at FH Salzburg that dock differently for teens: mixed reality training for vocational education, and AI research for product documentation. Both trails are genuinely reachable through Campus Urstein and the yearly Open House, not just through websites.