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The third year of VRTogether is in full swing, and despite the recent pandemic scare our consortium is hard at work creating the technology and content for our third-year pilot. As we have described before, pilot 3 will involve an interactive scenario where users take on an active role trying to solve the mysterious murder [...]

While more than a billion people are currently social distancing all over the world to stem the spread of the coronavirus, the Internet remains the only way for the majority of us to maintain a minimum of social connection. Whether it is to ask after our elders, to ensure educational continuity for our schooled children [...]

The Irishman is a 2019 film directed and produced by Martin Scorsese. It received 10 nominations at the 92nd Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Director, Best Supporting Actor and Best Visual Effects. Even though 1917 won the latter, The Irishman was awarded as Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature and Outstanding Compositing [...]

In VRTogether, three pilots have been planned to evaluate its creative and technological contributions towards the creation of truly realistic and interactive social VR experiences. After a successful pilot 1 in the first year of the project, the execution of pilot 2 started in November 2019 with a first round of tests at the i2CAT [...]

At first glance VR and top-level sports may seem antithetical. VR is practiced in a relatively small space with a relative freedom of movement whereas the high-level athlete needs the opposite to perform. In this article, we will show you, on the contrary, how VR can significantly help improve an athlete's performance. Improve your individual [...]

Since Microsoft announced their plans for the release of a new Kinect RGBD sensor, the entire technological community has been waiting patiently. It was unfortunate that the production of the previous Kinect v2 halted, as it was considered one of the best, with respect to the depth estimation quality, low-cost RGBD sensors. The continuation of […]

Year 3 of VRTogether has started, which is the final year for the project. The first year saw our first pilot, a virtual experience surrounding the death of Elena Armova and the subsequent murder investigation. Two users were able to observe two police interrogations from behind a one way mirror. Taking on the role of [...]

The VRTogether project conducts ground-breaking research on Social VR. In addition, the project mentors master’s students in this area, forming a new generation of graduates that can, in the future, reshape the media landscape. CWI has been active, offering master’s thesis around the core topics of the project. Last year, two students graduated at TU [...]