GuestXR: A Machine Learning Agent for Social Harmony in eXtended Reality

Project Information

GuestXR

Grant agreement ID: 101017884

DOI

10.3030/101017884

EC signature date 21 December 2021

Start date 1 January 2022

End date 31 December 2025

Funded under

• EXCELLENT SCIENCE - Future and Emerging Technologies (FET)

Total cost

€ 4 499 519,76

EU contribution

€ 4 499 519,75

Coordinated by

FUNDACIO EURECAT
Spain

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Deliverables

Documents, reports (8)

Ethics evaluation report I

Results of ethics evaluation, user-surveys and semi-structured interviews until Y2 (T5.6)

Public Launch of the project, and Communication, and Public Engagement Plans

It includes the public launch full visual identity set and full website t61

Survey and interview design

Intermediate result of Task 56

Initial Data Management Plan

Initial report of the project data management plan following the FAIR Data Management guidelines and template published by H2020 programme T73

Guidelines for ethics by design

Related to T14

Ethics State-of-the-Art and Literature Review

Intermediate result of task T56

First report: Use Case Applications

Consolidated intermediate results and progress in all use cases (T5.1, T5.2, T5.3, T5.4)

Dissemination and Exploitation Plans

Comprehensive plan to promote a unified message towards target audiences and the foreseen public engagement activities T61 T62 T63 T64 T65

Demonstrators, pilots, prototypes (3)

Public launch of Baseline Application

Intermedia result of T5.1

Multiple Representations of the Guest and its Actions Demonstration

Final results of T3.2

Real time representation of participants in a multi-person meeting - including facial expression representation - UB public demonstration

Results of task T3.6

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (2)

GuestXR Open Call

Launch of the GuestXR open call for small scale experiments and use of results in the project website (T6.3)

Project logo and webiste

Initial visual identity book and website landing page T61

Publications

Conference proceedings (14)

Motivational Interviewing Transcripts Annotated with Global Scores

Author(s): Yosef, Stav; Zisquit, Moreah; Cohen, Ben; Brunstein, Anat Klomek; Bar, Kfik; Friedman, Doron
Published in: 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024), Issue 11, 2024
Publisher: 2024 Joint International Conference on Computational Linguistics, Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC-COLING 2024)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12792623

Persuasive Vibrations: Effects of Speech-Based Vibrations on Persuasion, Leadership, and Co-Presence During Verbal Communication in VR

Author(s): Saint-Aubert, Justine; Argelaguet, Ferran; Macé, Marc J.-M.; Pacchierotti, Claudio; Amedi, Amir; Lécuyer, Anatole
Published in: VR 2023 - IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, Issue 1, 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/vr55154.2023.00070

An objective evaluation of Hearing Aids and DNN-based speech enhancement in complex acoustic scenes

Author(s): Gusó, Enric; Luberadzka, Joanna; Baig, Martí; Saraç, Umut Sayin; Serra, Xavier
Published in: IEEE Workshop on Applications of Signal Processing to Audio and Acoustics (WASPAA23), Issue 1, 2023
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2307.12888

Assessing Motivational Interviewing Sessions with AI-Generated Patient Simulations

Author(s): Yosef, Stav; Zisquit, Moreah; Cohen, Ben; Brunstein, Anat Klomek; Bar, Kfir; Friedman, Doron
Published in: 9th Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology, 2024
Publisher: 9th Workshop on Computational Linguistics and Clinical Psychology
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.12792592

"""Let’s ask what AI thinks then!"": Using LLMs for Collaborative Problem-Solving in Virtual Environments"

Author(s): Esen Küçüktütüncü, Lisa Izzouzi
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), 2024, Page(s) 193-198
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ismar-adjunct64951.2024.00048

Haptics in the Metaverse: Haptic feedback for Virtual, Augmented, Mixed, and eXtended Realities

Author(s): Pacchierotti, C., Chinello, F., Koumaditis, K., Di Luca, M., Ofek, E., & Georgiou, O.
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2024, ISSN 2329-4051
Publisher: IEEE transactions on haptics
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10874975

Studying the influence of contact force on thermal perception at the fingertip

Author(s): nilo Troisi, Jeanne Hecquard, Ferran Argelaguet, Justine Saint-Aubert,Marc J.-M. Macé, Anatole Lécuyer, Claudio Pacchierotti, Monica Malvezzi
Published in: Eurohaptics 2024, 2024
Publisher: Eurohaptics
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11085942

Inceptor: An Open Source Tool for Automated Creation of 3D Social Scenarios

Author(s): Dan Pollak; Jonathan Giron; Doron Friedman
Published in: IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces Abstracts and Workshops (VRW), 2023, Page(s) pp. 474-476
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/vrw58643.2023.00102

Cool Me Down: Effects of Thermal Feedback onCognitive Stress in Virtual Reality

Author(s): Vincent Philippe, Jeanne Hecquard, Emilie Hummel, Ferran Argelaguet, Marc J.-M. Macé, Valérie Gouranton, Claudio Pacchierotti, Anatole Lécuyer, Justine Saint-Aubert
Published in: Eurohaptics 2024, 2024
Publisher: EuropHaptics
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.11085765

Sushi with Einstein: Enhancing Hybrid Live Events with LLM-Based Virtual Humans

Author(s): Shoa, Alon and Oliva, Ramon and Slater, Mel and Friedman, Doron
Published in: IVA '23: Proceedings of the 23rd ACM International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents, 2023, Page(s) Pages 1 - 6
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
DOI: 10.1145/3570945.3607317

Fostering empathy in social Virtual Reality through physiologically based affective haptic feedback

Author(s): Hecquard, Jeanne; Saint-Aubert, Justine; Pacchierotti, Claudio; Argelaguet, Ferran; Lécuyer, Anatole; Macé, Marc
Published in: https://hal.science/hal-04099268, Issue 2, 2023, Page(s) pp. 78-84
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/whc56415.2023.10224380

Breathing based immersive interactions for enhanced agency and body awareness: a claustrophobia motivated study

Author(s): Iddo Yehoshua Wald; Amber Maimon; Lucas Keniger De Andrade Gensas; Noemi Guiot; Meshi Ben Oz; Benjamin W. Corn; Amir Amedi
Published in: CHI EA '23: Extended Abstracts of the 2023 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, 2023, Page(s) Article No.: 59, Pages 1 - 7
Publisher: Association for Computing Machinery
DOI: 10.1145/3544549.3585897

Comparison of synthesized Virtual Sound Environments with validated Hearing Aid experiments

Author(s): Umut Sayin Saraç
Published in: Convention Express Paper 117, 2023
Publisher: AES
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.10076114

Harnessing Immersive Technologies: Modern Perspectives on Mental Health Support

Author(s): Lisa Izzouzi, Esen Küçüktütüncü
Published in: 2024 IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality Adjunct (ISMAR-Adjunct), 2024, Page(s) 295-298
Publisher: IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/ismar-adjunct64951.2024.00067

Peer reviewed articles (20)

Interoceptive training with real‐time haptic versus visual heartbeat feedback

Author(s): Olga Dobrushina, Yossi Tamim, Iddo Yehoshua Wald, Amber Maimon, Amir Amedi
Published in: Psychophysiology, Issue 61, 2024, ISSN 0048-5772
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing Inc.
DOI: 10.1111/psyp.14648

Shape detection beyond the visual field using a visual-to-auditory sensory augmentation device

Author(s): Shira Shvadron; Shira Shvadron; Adi Snir; Adi Snir; Amber Maimon; Amber Maimon; Or Yizhar; Or Yizhar; Or Yizhar; Or Yizhar; Sapir Harel; Sapir Harel; Keinan Poradosu; Keinan Poradosu; Keinan Poradosu; Amir Amedi; Amir Amedi
Published in: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Issue 3, 2023, ISSN 1662-5161
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1058617

Theta activity discriminates high-level, species-specific body processes

Author(s): Chesley, J., Riecke, L., Lu, J., Vogels, R., & De Gelder, B.
Published in: Imaging Neuroscience, Issue 2, 2024, Page(s) 1–12, ISSN 2837-6056
Publisher: MIT Press Direct
DOI: 10.1162/imag_a_00150

Differential contributions of body form, motion, and temporal information to subjective action understanding in naturalistic stimuli

Author(s): Smekal Vojtěch , Poyo Solanas Marta , Fraats Evelyne I. C. , de Gelder Beatrice
Published in: Frontiers in Integrative Neuroscience, 2024, ISSN 1662-5145
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fnint.2024.1302960

Effects of training and using an audio-tactile sensory substitution device on speech-in-noise understanding

Author(s): K. Cieśla; T. Wolak; A. Lorens; M. Mentzel; H. Skarżyński; Amir Amedi
Published in: Scientific reports, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-06855-8

Modality-specific brain representations during automatic processing of face, voice and body expressions

Author(s): Vaessen, M., Van der Heijden, K., & De Gelder, B
Published in: Frontiers in Neuroscience, Issue 17, 2024, ISSN 1662-453X
Publisher: Frontiers
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.1132088

The Making of a Newspaper Interview in Virtual Reality: Realistic Avatars, Philosophy, and Sushi

Author(s): Oliva, Ramon and Beacco, Alejandro and Gallego, Jaime and Abellan, Raul Gallego and Slater, Mel
Published in: IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 2023, Page(s) pp. 117-125, ISSN 0272-1716
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/mcg.2023.3315761

Enhancing interoceptive sensibility through exteroceptive–interoceptive sensory substitution

Author(s): Oran Goral, Iddo Yehoshua Wald, Amber Maimon, Adi Snir, Yulia Golland, Aviva Goral, Amir Amedi
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 14, 2024, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-024-63231-4

A case study in phenomenology of visual experience with retinal prosthesis versus visual-to-auditory sensory substitution

Author(s): Amber Maimon; Or Yizhar; Galit Buchs; Benedetta Heimler; Amir Amedi
Published in: Neuropsychologia, Issue 6, 2022, ISSN 0028-3932
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2022.108305

Congenitally blind adults can learn to identify face-shapes via auditory sensory substitution and successfully generalize some of the learned features

Author(s): Roni Arbel; Benedetta Heimler; Amir Amedi
Published in: Scientific Reports, Issue 12, 2022, ISSN 2045-2322
Publisher: Nature Publishing Group
DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-08187-z

The Topo-Speech sensory substitution system as a method of conveying spatial information to the blind and vision impaired

Author(s): Amber Maimon; Amber Maimon; Iddo Yehoshua Wald; Iddo Yehoshua Wald; Meshi Ben Oz; Meshi Ben Oz; Sophie Codron; Sophie Codron; Ophir Netzer; Benedetta Heimler; Amir Amedi; Amir Amedi
Published in: Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, Vol 16 (2023), Issue 2, 2023, ISSN 1662-5161
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2022.1058093

Highly compromised auditory spatial perception in aided congenitally hearing-impaired and rapid improvement with tactile technology

Author(s): Adi Snir, Katarzyna Cieśla, Rotem Vekslar, Amir Amedi
Published in: iScience, Issue 27, 2024, Page(s) 110808, ISSN 2589-0042
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.110808

Multi-sensory display of self-avatar's physiological state: virtual breathing and heart beating can increase sensation of effort in VR

Author(s): Yann Moullec; Justine Saint-Aubert; Julien Manson; Melanie Cogne; Anatole Lecuyer
Published in: IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Issue 3, 2022, ISSN 1077-2626
Publisher: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
DOI: 10.1109/tvcg.2022.3203120

Localizing 3D motion through the fingertips: Following in the footsteps of elephants

Author(s): Adi Snir, Katarzyna Cieśla, Gizem Ozdemir, Rotem Vekslar, Amir Amedi
Published in: iScience, Issue 27, 2024, Page(s) 109820, ISSN 2589-0042
Publisher: Elsevier Inc.
DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2024.109820

Early threat perception is independent of later cognitive and behavioral control. A virtual reality-EEG-ECG study

Author(s): Lu, Juanzhi; Kemmerer, Selma K.; Riecke, Lars; de Gelder, Beatrice
Published in: Cerebral Cortex, Issue 2, 2023, Page(s) 8748-8758, ISSN 1460-2199
Publisher: Cerebral Cortex
DOI: 10.1101/2023.02.22.529523

Ultrahigh Field fMRI Reveals Different Roles of the Temporal and Frontoparietal Cortices in Subjective Awareness

Author(s): Poyo, M., Zhan, M., & De Gelder, B.
Published in: Journal of Neuroscience, Issue Vol 44, Issue 20, 2024, ISSN 1529-2401
Publisher: Society for Neuroscience
DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.0425-23.2023

Rapid plasticity in the ventral visual stream elicited by a newly learnt auditory script in congenitally blind adults

Author(s): Roni, Arbel; Benedetta, Heimler; Amir, Amedi
Published in: Neuropsychologia, Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 0028-3932
Publisher: Pergamon Press Ltd.
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropsychologia.2023.108685

Testing geometry and 3D perception in children following vision restoring cataract-removal surgery

Author(s): Amber Maimon; Amber Maimon; Ophir Netzer; Benedetta Heimler; Amir Amedi; Amir Amedi
Published in: Frontiers in Neuroscience, Vol 16 (2023), Issue 6, 2023, ISSN 1662-4548
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2022.962817

Loss of action-related function and connectivity in the blind extrastriate body area

Author(s): Or Yizhar; Or Yizhar; Or Yizhar; Zohar Tal; Amir Amedi; Amir Amedi
Published in: Frontiers in Neuroscience, Vol 17 (2023), Issue 1, 2023, ISSN 1662-4548
Publisher: Frontiers Research Foundation
DOI: 10.3389/fnins.2023.973525

Activation of human visual area V6 during egocentric navigation with and without visual experience

Author(s): Elena Aggius-Vella; Daniel-Robert Chebat; Shachar Maidenbaum; Amir Amedi
Published in: Current Biology, Issue 4, 2023, Page(s) Pages 1211-1219, ISSN 0960-9822
Publisher: Cell Press
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.02.025