CORDIScovery Podcast | Number 06 (June 2021)

#06 Virtual Reality

Abstract:

Is there a wider scope of the application of VR beyond our own individual entertainment? Can the inherent characteristics of VR, communicating at a distance but in a space that feels intimate, be harnessed to really revolutionise the way we interact? Can avatars, digital representations of ourselves, foster empathy or are they yet another medium providing a cloak of anonymity that can be abused? And are deep fakes about to go 3D?  Three EU-funded researchers answer these questions and more:-

• Salvador Alvidrez, Marie Curie Research Fellow at Queen’s University Belfast, is interested in the socio-psychological effects of communication technologies. He is looking at VR and its role in tackling prejudice. Can we use VR to walk around in someone else’s shoes?
• Veronica Orvalho's company, Didimo, has patented technology to generate digital humans. Her inventions have been used by Microsoft, Universal and Sony and others.
• Sergi Fernandez, explains how I2CAT is making VR tech cheaper and more immersive.

• Alternative Source 1

Official

EU CORDIS: Horizon 2020 Projects: An end-to-end system for the production and delivery of photorealistic social immersive virtual reality experiences https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/762111

EU CORDIS: Horizon 2020 Projects: Humanity in Digital Communication https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/873511

EU CORDIS: Horizon 2020 Projects: Intergroup Contact in Virtual Reality: Comparative Effects of Two Contact Strategies on Reducing Prejudice and Increasing Trust Between Catholics and Protestants in Northern Ireland https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/832662

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ESO Records

EU CORDIS: Research*EU Magazine, June 2021: Special Feature: Ready Player...You? Welcome to the Virtual Reality Revolution https://www.europeansources.info/record/researcheu-magazine-number-103-june-2021/

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