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…
Read the interview with Prof. Dr. Amr Rizk and his winning proposal: Exploring Real-time Transcoding of V-PCC Streams as a Service (RABBIT@SCALE) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? The project RABBIT@SCALE aims to develop a transcoding service for volumetric dynamic point-cloud streams that are…
Read the interview with Christos Stefanatos and his winning proposal: Electrical Buddy (EBD) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? Electrical Buddy (EBD) is a Mixed Reality training solution designed to guide electrical installers through EV charging station installations and prevent errors. The solution will…
Read the interview with Simone Porcu and his winning proposal: QoE evaluations for multi-cloud streaming (QEST) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? The QEST project aims to explore the limits of immersive streaming by examining how point cloud compression impacts user experience on two…
Read the interview with Nikos Fotiou and his winning proposal: Identity and Access Management for Immersive Ecosystems (IMMERSE) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? The IMMERSE project will integrate a cloud-based digital wallet into the SPIRIT platform to enable secure user authentication within immersive…
Read the interview with George Raptis and his winning proposal: Therapy-based Reduction of Uncomfortable Experiences Safely in Extended Reality Spaces (TRUST-XR) Can you give a brief overview of your winning proposal?What are its key objectives and innovative aspects? Our TRUST-XR proposal aims to deliver immersive, adaptive XR scenarios for therapeutic use. It empowers individuals to…
