Resumen
The Social and hUman ceNtered XR (SUN) project aims at investigating and developing extended
reality (XR) solutions that integrate the physical and the virtual world in a convincing way, from
a human and social perspective. The virtual world will be a means to augment the physical world
with new opportunities for social and human interaction. We will address the following limitations:
· Lack of solutions to develop scalable and cost-effective new XR applications; · Lack of
convincing solutions for mixing of the virtual and physical environment; · Lack of plausible and
convincing human interaction interfaces in XR; · Barriers due to resource limitations of end-user
devices; We will develop solutions to surpass current limitations, including: · Development of
scalable solutions to obtain plausible and convincing virtual copies of physical objects and
environments; · Development of solutions for a seamless and convincing interaction between the
physical and the virtual world; · Development of wearable sensors and haptic interfaces for
convincing and natural interaction with the virtual environment; · Development of artificial
intelligence-based solutions to address current computing, memory, and network limitations of
wearable devices; The developed solution will be demonstrated in three real-life scenarios: 1 XR
seases. 2 XR in the industry to increase safety and improve social interaction among workers. 3
XR to remove interaction barriers for persons with disabilities.
