SUN

The Social and hUman ceNtered XR (SUN) project aims at investigating and developing extended reality (XR) solutions that integrate the physical and the virtual world in a convincing way, from a human and social perspective. The virtual world will be a means to augment the physical world with new opportunities for social and human interaction.

We will address the following limitations:

• Lack of solutions to develop scalable and cost-effective new XR applications;
• Lack of convincing solutions for mixing of the virtual and physical environment;
• Lack of plausible and convincing human interaction interfaces in XR;
• Barriers due to resource limitations of end-user devices;

We will develop solutions to surpass current limitations, including:

• Development of scalable solutions to obtain plausible and convincing virtual copies of physical objects and environments;
• Development of solutions for a seamless and convincing interaction between the physical and the virtual world;
• Development of wearable sensors and haptic interfaces for convincing and natural interaction with the virtual environment;
• Development of artificial intelligence-based solutions to address current computing, memory, and network limitations of wearable devices;

The developed solution will be demonstrated in three real-life scenarios:

1. XR for rehabilitation after accidents or diseases.
2. XR in the industry to increase safety and improve social interaction among workers.
3. XR to remove interaction barriers for persons with disabilities.