A toolset for hyper-realistic and XR-based human-human and human-machine interactions (Horizon Europe, HE-RIA Grant Agreement nº 101135025)

PRESENCE is a Horizon Europe collaborative project oriented at providing intuitive and hyper-realistic Extended Reality (XR) experiences by bringing real humans into interactive virtual worlds. This three-year research project officially started on the 1st of January 2024 and is funded with more than 7 million euros by the European Commission within the Horizon Europe funding program. The project brings together 18 European partners, including research centres, universities and technological companies.

Within the project, the researchers teams will reach the next level of realism for XR devices and applications. Focusing on a human-centred approach, they will deliver a toolset of technologies such as holoportation, haptics and virtual humans to enhance the feeling of presence for the end-users in virtual scenarios. All the solutions will intrinsically involve understanding the ethics of the solutions and end-users’ safety and privacy.

The technologies developed within PRESENCE will be validated in realistic scenarios, targeting XR applications for professional and social setups and addressing four use cases in professional collaboration, manufacturing, health, and cultural heritage.

PRESENCE project is co-funded by the European Commission under the call HORIZON-CL4-2023-HUMAN-01-CNECT and the State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SERI, Switzerland)

PRESENCE-xr EU Project

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