Projet ImmerSAFE (Horizon 2020, appel à projets 2017)
Action : Doctoral Networks
Panel : Information Science and Engineering
Statut du projet : CLOSED

In many contexts – heavy work machines, emergency response, control centres – human operators face complex and demanding situations where their decisions can have far-reaching consequences on productivity, environment, and even human lives. In order to deal with such challenges, the operator needs full situational awareness, which can be achieved by sensing relevant visual data about the operating environment, refining it into mission-critical information, and presenting it in an immersive, intuitively comprehensible manner. This can be achieved by Immersive Visual Technologies (IVT) delivering ultra-realistic and interactive visual experience. The aim of ImmerSAFE is to train multi-disciplinary experts, who have an understanding of the core imaging technologies, the requirements set to them by the safety-critical applications and who can account for the human user in the design of such systems. We will advance the state of the art by working towards three specific objectives: (1) Develop new robust and reliable IVT; in particular novel approaches to sensing, visualisation and reliable data transmission. (2) Determine optimal implementation of IVT under challenging conditions and integration into existing frameworks in two example use cases: mobile work machines and control centres. (3) Increase knowledge on the human factors affecting the adoption and use of IVT through user experience testing, task performance metrics and organisational level studies. To achieve our ambitious goals, we have brought together a unique combination of leading academic technology and psychology experts as well as high-tech SMEs, industry and end-users. This network will bring together the critical mass of complementary expertise available in Europe to train the next generation of successful researchers able to seize the great opportunity for innovations offered by the emerging field of IVT for Europe’s high-tech industries.

Mots clés : immersive visual technologies, augmented reality, head up display, mobile work machines, control centre, emergency response, user experience, embedded systems, signal processing, image analysis

Participants :
- Norwegian University of Science and Technology (Norvège) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 572550.48 €
- Finmeccanica (Italy) (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 172040.88 €
- Istituto superiore antincendi (Italie) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Beneq (Finland) (Finlande) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 269145.36 €
- Xylon doo (Croatie) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 247761.0 €
- Roma Tre University (Italie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 602143.08 €
- University of Zagreb (Croatie) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 495522.0 €
- Fima forum for intelligent machines ry (Finlande) — Partner, organization partner, Autres, subvention : 0.0 €
- Tampere University (Finlande) — Coordinator, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 807436.08 €
- Mälardalen University (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Enseignement supérieur ou secondaire, subvention : 527318.64 €
- Crosscontrol ab (Suède) — Partner, beneficiary, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 263659.32 €
- VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland (Finlande) — Partner, organization partner, Recherche, subvention : 0.0 €
- Accelopment (Switzerland) (Suisse) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €
- Harvard University (Etats-Unis) — Partner, organization partner, Organismes privés (hors enseignement), subvention : 0.0 €