Author: anitagojanovic

Read the interview with Óscar González Represas and Héctor J. Pérez Iglesias and their winning proposal: Robot teleoperation through immersive environments (ROTIE) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? ROTIE aims to transform human-to-machine and machine-to-machine interactions by developing new HID (Human Interface Devices) to…

Read the interview with Andreas Vasilakis, Nikolaos Vitsas, Anastasios Gkaravelis, Georgios Papaioannou, and their winning proposal: Holographic Optimized Processing Engine (HOPE) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? The HOPE project enhances the SPIRIT platform by advancing real-time holographic communication for retail applications, with a…

Read the interview with Alberto Gómez and his winning proposal: Artificial Intelligence and Video Codec Enhancements for Realistic Avatar Telepresence (AIVATAR) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? Our proposal, AIVATAR, introduces dual enhancement solutions—codec-based and AI-based—to improve the quality, efficiency, and realism of real-time…

Read the interview with Stamatis Poulimenos, Olga Chatzifoti, and Christina Chrysanthopoulou and their winning proposal: Eligence Immersive Cognitive Training (ELICT) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? The ELICT project integrates XR technologies and real-time telepresence into Eligence, transforming cognitive training through immersive 3D environments…

Read the interview with PI Prof. Tapio Lokki and his winning proposal: Audio Rendering for Augmented Reality Telepresence (AURA) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? The AURA project aims to address the challenge of binaural audio rendering in real-time holographic telepresence application. The challenge…

Read the interview with Annalisa Mombelli and her winning proposal: Emotion Modeling for Personalized Avatars Telepresence in Heritage Interaction (EMPATHI) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? EMPATHI enhances SPIRIT’s Real-Time Avatar Animation by integrating real-time emotional recognition. Using a 3D avatar of Renaissance poet…

Read the interview with Felicián Németh and his winning proposal: QUIC to Enhance SPIRIT’s Telepresence (QUEST) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? QUIC is a recently standardised general transmission protocol that has many favourable properties for real-time media transmission over the de-facto WebRTC protocol…

Read the interview with Isida Karpuzi and Nikhil Mandrekar and their winning proposal: Virtual Immersive Solutions for Tourism and Architecture in Extended Reality (VISTA-XR) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? VISTA-XR (Virtual Immersive Solutions for Tourism and Architecture in Extended Reality) is our winning…

Read the interview with Natasja Paulssen and her winning proposal: Real-time HYbrid Test for Harmonic Music (RHTYHM) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? Within the SPIRIT program, we aim to evaluate how our live volumetric video solution compares with SPIRIT’s alternative approach of photorealistic…

Read the interview with Damian Ciachorowski, Uri Noy Meir, Dr. Anne-Marie Voorhoeve, and Sebastian Jung and their winning proposal: Embodied Dialogue Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? Our winning proposal, Embodied Dialogue, aims to phenomenologically assess and test SPIRIT, a Scalable Platform for Innovations…