Embodied Social Experiences in Hybrid Shared Spacesbroad
SHARESPACE · Horizon Europe grant · 2023-01-01–2025-12-31
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About the data
Source: CORDIS (official EU open data), Horizon Europe. Framework HORIZON · call HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01 · scheme HORIZON-RIA · topic HORIZON-CL4-2022-HUMAN-01-14. CORDIS record →
Objective
SHARESHARESPACE will demonstrate a radically new technology for promoting ethical and social interaction in eXtended Reality (XR) Shared Hybrid Spaces (SHS), anchored in human sensorimotor communication. Our core concept is to identify and segment social sensorimotor primitives and reconstruct them in hybrid settings to build continuous, embodied, and rich human- avatar experiences. To achieve this, three interconnected science-towards-technology breakthroughs will be delivered: novel computational cognitive architectures, a unique self-calibrating body sensor network, and a fully mobile spatial Augmented Reality (AR) and virtual human rendering. We will create a library of social motion primitives and use them to design AI-based architectures of our artificial agents. SHARESPACE mobile capturing technologies combine loosely-coupled visual-inertial tracking of full body kinematic, hand pose and facial expression, incorporating novel neural encoding/decoding functionalities, together with local context-aware animations and highly realistic neural rendering. Our technology will be iteratively tested in 2 Proofs-of-principles involving human and artificial agents interacting in SHS, and 3 real-world use case scenarios in Health, Sport and Art. We will demonstrate a fully functional prototype of SHARESPACE tailored to the agents’ personalized characteristics (gender, culture, and social dispositions). SHARESPACE will support community-building and exploitation with concrete initiatives, including (i) public engagement around our research and innovation, (ii) promoting high-tech innovation and early transfer to our deep-tech companies, as premises for the consolidation of human-centric and sovereign European market areas such Industry AR and SHS, eHealth and tele-Health. Our long-term vision is to bring XR to a radically new level of presence and sociality by reconstructing sensorimotor primitives that enable ethical, trusted and inclusive modes of social interaction.
Beneficiaries (16)
| Organisation | Country | Role | EC contribution | SME |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DEUTSCHES FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM FUR KUNSTLICHE INTELLIGENZ GMBH | DE | coordinator | €1,211,499 | |
| UNIVERSITAETSKLINIKUM HAMBURG-EPPENDORF | DE | participant | €659,112 | |
| UNIVERSITE DE MONTPELLIER | FR | participant | €585,528 | |
| ARS ELECTRONICA LINZ GMBH & CO KG | AT | participant | €569,600 | |
| CRDC NUOVE TECNOLOGIE PER LE ATTIVITA PRODUTTIVE SCARL | IT | participant | €555,875 | |
| INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE EN INFORMATIQUE ET AUTOMATIQUE | FR | participant | €446,112 | |
| RICOH INTERNATIONAL BV | NL | participant | €396,500 | |
| ALE INTERNATIONAL | FR | participant | €391,250 | |
| CYENS CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE | CY | participant | €358,750 | |
| UNIVERSITAT JAUME I DE CASTELLON | ES | participant | €269,098 | |
| SIA LIGHTSPACE TECHNOLOGIES | LV | participant | €223,750 | Yes |
| FUNDACIO HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI VALL D'HEBRON - INSTITUT DE RECERCA | ES | participant | €144,620 | |
| MEGALO | FR | participant | €135,880 | Yes |
| UNIVERSITE RENNES II | FR | thirdParty | €0 | |
| INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM | FR | thirdParty | €0 | |
| DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY | UK | associatedPartner | — |
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