HINTS-US - Innovative collaborations with the US in XR and Human-centered IRs
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| Coordinator | Blekinge Tekniska Högskola - Blekinge tekniska högskola Inst för datavetenskap DIDA |
| Funding from Vinnova | SEK 150 000 |
| Project duration | October 2024 - January 2025 |
| Status | Completed |
| Venture | Emerging technology solutions |
| Call | Innovative collaborations with the USA in XR - step 1 |
Important results from the project
HINTS-US enabled the HINTS to internationalise its XR technologies for Human-centered Intelligent Realities (HINTS). HINTS is a KKS profil run by BTH’s Department of Computer Science (DIDA). The visit connected HINTS with large international and US-based companies. As a result, a follow up project with a US partner is in preparation. In addition, the HINTS team engaged with fellow Swedish XR teams during the vist, building new national relationships.
Expected long term effects
The expected long-term effects of HINTS-US are the internationalisation and refinement of HINTS technologies, i.e. the commercial use of HINTS techniques by US partners as well as the joint development of new HINTS technologies with US partners. An example is the use of novel display technologies for human-centered XR applications.
Approach and implementation
HINTS-US started with identifying appropriate HINTS technologies for internationalization with US partners. These technologies focus on the evaluation of XR systems being “human-centric”. Then, a core team was built which prepared communication material. This team travelled to the Silicon Valley, participated the in events organised by Vinnova, visited new potential partners in the US, and advertise and explained the HINTS technologies to them. The US partners gave feed and were highly engaged.