Virtual worlds test beds
Funds two large sectorial testbeds that let organisations trial and integrate virtual-worlds and immersive-reality technology in real industrial or societal settings.
The European Commission funds Virtual Worlds Test Beds under the Digital Europe Programme's AI Continent call, aiming to grow European digital sovereignty and open strategic autonomy in virtual-worlds technology and to help create regulatory sandboxes in the field. Rather than backing early lab research, the two testbeds are meant to take technology that has already been proven in a lab setting an…
This call funds testbeds that move virtual-worlds, immersive and extended-reality technology out of the lab and into real testing in either industrial settings (manufacturing, construction, industrial design) or societal ones (education, cultural heritage, public administration, healthcare). Each testbed must build a network of facilities spanning at least three EU member states or associated countries, and a single proposal can only target one of the two application areas.
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