Project description
Boosting the resolution of human movement analysis will spur innovation and new applications
Motion capture technologies underlie applications in varied fields including virtual reality, animated films, biomedical rehabilitation, sports and dance. Although the technologies have advanced significantly, they still lack the high spatial and temporal resolution necessary for effective perception and prediction of complex phenomena. The EU-funded EnTimeMent project has developed an innovative neuro-cognitive approach to human movement qualitative analysis relying on multiple temporal and spatial scales and multisensory integration. The project team is preparing to market the technology to a broad range of industries and end users.
Objective
EnTimeMent aims at a radical change in scientific research and enabling technologies for human movement qualitative analysis, entrainment and prediction, based on a novel neuro-cognitive approach of the multiple, mutually interactive time scales characterizing human behaviour. Our approach will afford the development of computational models for the automated detection, measurement, and prediction of movement qualities from behavioural signals, based on multi-layer parallel processes at non-linearly stratified temporal dimensions, and will radically transform technology for human movement analysis. EnTimeMent new innovative scientifically-grounded and time-adaptive technologies operate at multiple time scales in a multi-layered approach: motion capture and movement analysis systems will be endowed with a completely novel functionality, achieving a novel generation of time-aware multisensory motion perception and prediction systems. The proposed model and technologies will be iteratively tested and refined, by designing and performing controlled and ecological experiments, ranging from action prediction in a controlled laboratory setting, to prediction in dyadic and small group interaction. EnTimeMent scenarios include health (healing and support of everyday life of persons with chronic pain and disability), performing arts (e.g. dance), sports, and entertainment group activities, with and without living architectures. EnTimeMent will create and support community-building and exploitation with concrete initiatives, including a community of users and stakeholders, innovation hubs and SME incubators, as premises for the consolidation beyond the end of the project in a broader range of market areas.
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RIA - Research and Innovation actionCoordinator
16126 Genova
Italy