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Here the latest updates on SUN
SUN at EUROXR 2024 conference
Our partner, TUC, participated in the European Projects Special Session: Next Generation XR - Technical Highlights of the EUROXR 2024 conference , presenting “Multi-Sensory Perception in XR: Insights from CG Rendering, XR Interaction, and Haptics.” The team’s...
The SUN Project Co-organized the “Multimedia Information Retrieval in XR” Tutorial at ACM Multimedia 2024
The SUN project collaborated with the XReco and ViRMA projects to deliver an engaging tutorial, “Multimedia Information Retrieval in XR,” at ACM Multimedia 2024 in Melbourne. This session, held at one of the most prestigious conferences...
AI-driven cyber threat detection
For AR applications, we have developed a cyber threat alert system that leverages machine learning to detect potential security threats, tracking different digital sources of information to identify suspicious patterns indicative of an attack. Shortly after a threat...
SUN at NEM Summit 2024
Giuseppe Amato, SUN XR coordinator, participated in the NEM Summit in Brussels, contributing to the panel "AI for Virtual Worlds," organized and chaired by Silvia Boi for FAIR. During the panel, Giuseppe not only stimulated discussion on the use of Generative AI for...
Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques
Non-invasive brain stimulation (NIBS) techniques, such as transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) and transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), are increasingly being used in stroke rehabilitation to enhance recovery and neuroplasticity. NIBS promotes brain...
Pilot 2: external stakeholders meeting
Last week we had a fantastic external stakeholders meeting related to the industrial pilot, managed by Factor Ingeniería y Decoletaje, to discuss the potential of extended reality (XR) to transform industrial processes. Experts from diverse...
SUN at Alcoy Tech 2024 Artificial Intelligence & Optimization International Workshop
Elena Pérez-Bernabeu and Ángel A. Juan, from our partner Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), have organised the second edition of Alcoy Tech 2024 Artificial Intelligence & Optimization International Workshop Universitat Politècnica de...
OAC vision of SUN from the Patient’s Perspective
The Patient’s Perspective: How Virtual Reality and Remote Therapy Can Revolutionise Rehabilitation For many patients, rehabilitation is a vital part of their journey toward recovery. Whether recovering from a stroke, injury, cancer treatment, or managing chronic...
Pilot 3 final scenario assessment
On September 6, 2024, the solutions and the methodologies under development of SUN XR project related to pilot 3 have been shared with clinicians/therapists from our partners EPFL, particularly focusing on three pilot scenarios aimed at enhancing patient care....
DATA COLLECTION EXPERIMENT FOR MULTIMODAL EMOTION RECOGNITION
CERTH is pleased to announce that it organizes a data collection experiment at its premises for multimodal emotion recognition. Volunteers are asked to watch a series of small video clips from well-known movies, for a total of approximately one hour, while wearing a...
Pilot1 final scenario assessment
On September 4, 2024, SUN XR technologies have been shared with medical doctor specialized in physical medicine and rehabilitation, physiotherapist and occupational therapist participated from our partner ASL-NO. Among them some were officially involved in the SUN...
First version of the SUN business model available
While the SUN project aims to go beyond the technological capabilities of today’s XR technologies, its ambitious impact to the sector and society as a whole can only be achieved when the results are successfully transferred to the market and further research...
SUN XR presence at INCOM 2024 conference
Ioannis Paraskevopoulos, CTO of our partner IGOODI Official, presented at https://www.incom2024.org/ the paper "Unsupervised Anthropometric Measurements from 3D Scans Using Automated Template Registration”. With the evolution of XR applications and virtual...
SUN XR presence at INCOM 2024 conference
Josefa Mula, from our partner Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV), chaired the invited session: ‘Extended reality and metaverse to address the social challenges of manufacturing and healthcare in the industry 5.0’ at the 18th IFAC Symposium on Information...
SUN XR presence at INCOM 2024 conference
Vincenzo Croce , from our partner ENGINEERING, presented at https://www.incom2024.org/ the paper "eXtended Reality for people with serious mobility and verbal communication diseases". This multiuser Environment offers a non-invasive Bidirectional Body-machine...
Haptic glove in rehabilitation therapies
Virtual reality is revolutionizing the user experience in different fields, also through the integration of advanced haptic devices. Within the SUN project, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna is developing these devices to enhance the user experience in immersive and...
Realistic Avatars in industrial sectors
Avatars are core actors in any human centered use case of the XR digital revolution. Specifically in industrial sectors, they will be the virtual representation of workers and employees from training, to performing actions in digital twins of the factory and many more...
Interaction between users within a shared virtual environment
XR environments offer new opportunities for collaboration, but they also present challenges regarding users’ perception of each other’s intentions and actions. In that context, TUC introduces mechanisms that facilitate seamless...
Datasets featuring rehabilitation exercises performed by patients with musculoskeletal conditions
There's a notable shortage of publicly available datasets featuring rehabilitation exercises performed by patients with musculoskeletal conditions. Within @SUNxr.he project, researchers from @Thingenious have managed to collect KneE-PAD...
AI impainting to increase the quality of 3D assets
Realistic XR environments require high-quality 3D assets. Unfortunately, digitized 3D objects often suffer from errors in their texture. CNR-ISTI is harnessing the power of AI inpainting to fix digitized 3D models working directly in texture space. Through a paint...
Cyber security for Augmented and Virtual Reality
Cyber security for Augmented and Virtual Reality can mean many things, from identifying potential attacks and proposing new cyber risk and privacy awareness mechanisms to cyber risk management and secure authentication. In SUN, we go beyond these. We acknowledge that...
Using eXtended Reality to encourage social involvement for people affected by stroke or traumatic brain injuries
People who have suffered from a stroke or a traumatic brain injury are confronted with a variety of deficits. If many of these impairments respond positively to sensorimotor and cognitive therapies, there are still several difficulties to overcome. For example, a...
SUN XR presence at INCOM 2024
Researchers of the SUN XR project: Josefa Mula, Angel A. Juan and Elena Perez-Bernabeu from the Universitat Politècnica de València (UPV); Paolo Cignoni and Daniela Giorgi from the Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche-Pisa (CNR); and Fabio Perossini from...
Revolutionizing Manufacturing Safety with XR & AI
Manufacturing shop floors are inherently risky environments. At Factor Ingeniería y Decoletaje S.L., we're partnering with Holo and UPV to develop cutting-edge eXtended Reality (XR) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) solutions that prioritize worker safety and...
The three pilots are ready for carrying out
All requirements and procedures needed to execute the experimentation in the different scenarios were carefully identified. The validation process will occur in two phases: the first phase will involve healthy individuals utilizing the initial release of the SUN...
Sensory perception and acceptance of prosthetic limbs
Researchers at EPFL in Switzerland have created a groundbreaking technology that allows amputees to experience the sensation of wetness through their prosthetic limbs. This innovation involves a sensor attached to the prosthetic hand connected to a stimulator that...
Ethics by Design
"Ethics by Design" is a proactive approach to integrating ethical considerations into the design and development of technology, systems, or processes from the very beginning. Instead of treating ethics as an afterthought or a reactive measure, this concept encourages...