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Presence and Interaction in Mixed-Reality Environments (Presence II)
Proactive Initiative in the 6th Framework Programme (2002-2006)
Highlights
- HCI2009- International Conference on Human Computer Interaction
19 July - 24 July 2009 - San Diego (USA)
The HCI International 2009 is an international forum for the dissemination and exchange of up-to-date scientific information on theoretical, generic and applied areas of HCI. - SMC2009 - 6th Sound and Music Computing Conference
23 July - 25 July 2009 - Porto (PT)
SMC is a privileged forum in Europe for the promotion of international exchanges around Sound and Music Computing.
VISION
- Current virtual and augmented reality environments try to provide the best realism, while it is simply taken for granted that this leads to the best user-experience. Practice shows that this is not true: users do not easily feel fully engaged in high-tech VR worlds. On the other hand they can feel extremely present in simpler environments, like when chatting on line or when reading a book. The feeling of being there, in other words, is the result of a complex interaction of many technological, contextual, biological, cognitive and personal factors, among others. A fundamental understanding of these factors will lead to new interface technologies, some of them high-end but also others that are more affordable and usable in the workplace, at home, in school and even on the move. To weave such technologies for effective virtual and augmented interaction into the fabric of everyday life is the long term vision of this initiative.
- The objective of this initiative is to foster excellence in knowledge, skills and technologies that are required for engineering novel and useful systems that exploit human perceptual, cognitive and social capacities for re-creating a realistic user-experience of presence and interaction in mixed reality environments. Research builds on understanding the biological, neurological, cognitive and social roots of presence and measuring its different forms. Based on this understanding essential technological building blocks are being developed that capture the salient aspects of human presence. Novel systems, able to support different levels and types of presence in a multitude of situations are being designed and used to realize a number of challenging scenarios, as for example, persistent hybrid communities, mobile mixed reality presence environments, or personalized learning and therapeutic environments. The ethical aspects and the possible long-term consequences of using presence technologies are also investigated.
- At a strategic level the initiative aims at the creation of a coherent inter-disciplinary research community in Presence by fostering communication, deepening understanding and methodological excellence, stimulating respect and openness to collaborate, bridging theoretical and applied perspectives, and so on. It also stimulates further reflection on future visions and a research roadmap for Presence, and on the potential for a productive crossover with other disciplines and/or technologies. Outreach activities demonstrate the potential for social and economical impact to industry and the citizens.
- This initiative builds on results and insights of the Presence Research pro-active initiative (11 Streps in FP5 2002-2005), enriching and qualifying them. It aims at a shift from studying the presence phenomena to genuine presence engineering: the deliberate manipulation of technological and non-technological factors to create those forms of presence that enhance users in primary activities. Moreover, it enlarges the scope and ambition to mixed realities, to social interaction, to persistent effects and to a wider range of technologies, including mobile and low-end ones.
- Work Programme text (PDF, 16KB)
- Presence background document (PDF, 99KB)
Projects
- Integrated Projects funded via the FP6 Presence II initiative
- FP6 - Coordination Action on Presence
- Related FP6 "STREP" projects funded via the Fet Open Scheme
- Projects funded by the FP5 Presence Reseach Initiative (2002)
Events - Related Actions
Showing PRESENCE at the world's ICT fair: CEBIT
Commissioner Reding visits Presence at CeBIT (PDF,872KB)
- Review Approach (PDF)
- Schedule of Reviews (PDF)
15-17 September 2003
Related Initiatives
Contacts
For further information please feel free to contact:
- Jean-Marie Auger - email contact
- David Guedj - email contact
Fax: +32-2-29.68.397
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Timetable
- FET Infoday: 13 Jan 2005, Brussels - Presentations online
- 4th IST Call launched: 01 Dec 2004
- Deadline for proposals: 22 Mar 2005
- Start of projects: Autumn 2005