XXR: Novel Extended Reality Models and Software Framework for Interactive Environments with Extreme Conditions

   

Project summary

Project no.: PN-IV-P8-8.3-PM-RO-BE-2024-0003; Contract no.: 2BMBE/2025
Principal Investigators: Radu-Daniel Vatavu (University of Suceava, Romania) and Jean Vanderdonckt (Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium)
Funded by UEFISCDI, Romania and Wallonie-Bruxelles International, Belgium
Funding scheme: PNCDI IV - P5.8 - European and International Cooperation
Running period: January 2025 - December 2025 (12 months)

Abstract

We propose new models and software technology for eXtended Reality (XR) applied to environments characterized by extreme conditions, such as sensory or physical constraints experienced during space missions, in order to explore eXtreme eXtended Reality (XXR).

Objectives

The main objective of this project is to facilitate and support the scientific collaboration between Stefan cel Mare University of Suceava and Université catholique de Louvain to foster research activities on extended reality technology applied to extreme conditions. Our specific objectives are:
  1. Perform a critical analysis of XR technology applied to extreme environments
  2. Development of a conceptual model and design space for XXR interactions
  3. Development of a XXR application for navigation in diverse gravitational environments

Team

University of Suceava, Romania Université catholique de Louvain, Belgium
  •  Prof. Radu-Daniel Vatavu, Principal Investigator
  •  Laura-Bianca Bilius, PhD
  •  Mihail Terenti, PhD
  •  Adrian Aiordăchioae, PhD
  •  Alexandru-Ionut Șiean, PhD
  •  Alexandru-Tudor Andrei, PhD student
  •  Adrian-Vasile Catană, PhD student
  •  Prof. Jean Vanderdonckt, Principal Investigator
  •  Julie Manon, PhD
  •  Nacera Latreche, PhD student
  •  Alaa Sahraoui, PhD student
  •  Diego Eloi, PhD student
The research activities are conducted in the Machine Intelligence and Information Visualization (MintViz) Research Laboratory of the MANSiD Research Center (Romania) and the Louvain Interaction Laboratory (Belgium).

Foundational Publications

  1. Jean Vanderdonckt, Radu-Daniel Vatavu, Julie Manon, Michael Saint-Guillain, Philippe Lefevre, Jessica J. Marquez. (2024). Might as Well Be on Mars: Insights on the Extraterrestrial Applicability of Interaction Design Frameworks from Earth. Proceedings of CHI '24 EA, the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems Extended Abstracts. ACM, New York, NY, USA, Article no. 239, 8 pages
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