Improving display and rendering technology for virtual environments

Project Information

IMPROVE

Grant agreement ID: 004785

Project closed

Start date 1 October 2004

End date 30 September 2007

Funded under

• Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006).

Total cost € 2 874 766,00

EU contribution € 1 879 757,00

Coordinated by

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.
Germany

Objective

The aim of this project is to improve lightweight near-to-the-eye displays and tiled stereoscopic large size displays. The improvements on the hardware level consist in developing a unique stereoscopic head mounted display (HMD) using emerging display technology such as OLEDs. For tiled stereoscopic large screen displays improved calibration techniques will be developed to ease and accelerate their use.

On the software level improvements comprise the fidelity of the content to be displayed (rendering quality), the interfacing between the user and the displays through innovative 2D/3D interaction techniques for mixed realities and advanced tracking systems. The achievements of IMPROVE are integrated into a collaborative mixed reality product development environment, showcased and evaluated in two application scenarios: collaborative product design in the car industry and architectural design.

Fields of science

• humanities › arts › architectural design
• natural sciences › computer and information sciences › software › software applications › virtual reality

Programme(s)

• FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006).

Topic(s)

• IST-2002-2.3.2.1 - Advanced displays

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project

Coordinator

FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V.

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: HANSASTRASSE 27C ; 80686 MUENCHEN ; Germany
• Total cost: No data

Participants (10)

ASOCIACION CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIAS DE INTERACCION VISUAL Y COMUNICACIONES-VICOMTECH

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: PASEO MIKELETEGI 57, PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE MIRAMON ; 20009 DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN
• Total cost: No data

ELASIS S.C.P.A.

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VIA EX AEROPORTO SN ; 80038 POMIGLIANO D'ARCO (NAPOLI)
• Total cost: No data

GRAPHITECH

Italy

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: VIA BELENZANI, 12 ; 38100 TRENTO
• Total cost: No data

INESC ID - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES: INVESTIGACAO E DESENVOLVIMENTO EM LISBOA

Portugal

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: RUA DE ALVES REDOL 9 ; 1000-02 LISBOA
• Total cost: No data

MICROEMISSIVE DISPLAYS LIMITED

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: SCOTTISH MICROELECTRONICS CENTRE, WEST MAINS ROAD ; EH9 3JF EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN
• Total cost: No data

PAGE AND PARK ARCHITECTS

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 49 COCHRANE STREET ; G1 1HL GLASGOW
• Total cost: No data

STT INGENIERIA Y SISTEMAS, S.L.

Spain

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: PARQUE EMPRESARIAL ZUATZU, EDIFICIO EASO, 2ND FLOOR ; 20018 SAN SEBASTIAN
• Total cost: No data

TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITAET DARMSTADT

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: KAROLINENPLATZ 5 ; 64289 DARMSTADT
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THE LIGHTHOUSE TRUST

United Kingdom

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 56 MITCHELL STREET ; G1 3LX GLASGOW
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TRIVISIO PROTOTYPING GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: ROBERT BOSCH STRASSE 30 ; 63303 DREIEICH
• Total cost: No data