COLLIDE-XR: Collaborative Innovation for XR Accessibility and Development | 2024-2025

• Post by: Tobias Larsson
• 25th September 2024
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The project aims to foster collaboration between Swedish and U.S. partners, driving
innovation and enhancing the accessibility of emerging XR & AI technologies.
Accessibility is crucial to enable companies to leverage XR capabilities for sustainable
transformation.

COLLIDE XR envisions four key pillars of accessibility: Visualization, Interaction, Devices,
and Content. Visualization plays a vital role in making data and models more
understandable, Interaction facilitates the easy editing and manipulation of content: both
are essential for creating XR applications for diverse audiences. XR experiences are
delivered across various devices, each with its advantages and limitations, supporting
different types of applications and users. Additionally, acquiring, importing and
customizing models and data is fundamental to ensuring users can access to relevant XR
content. AI can supply significant contributions to the interactive and content pillars,
through natural language processing controlled engagement (with off the shelf LLMs or
custom SLMs for security-conscious industrial partners) and content generation models
for quick custom assets.

COLLIDE XR will promote collaboration with partners who provide products, services, or
approaches that enhance accessibility in these areas, building new bridges for the flow of
knowledge to the Swedish research and business environments. Future efforts will
address these challenges through joint initiatives with partners in both countries.

BTH Project Leader: Postdoc Giulia Wally Scurati
Team: Postdoc Ryan Ruvald
Time Span: 20241007 – 20250107
Funding: 150 kSEK (VINNOVA)

More info:

• Project info at VINNOVA: https://www.vinnova.se/en/p/collide-xr-collaborative-innovation-for-xr-accessibility-and-development-/
• VINNOVA Innovative Collaborations with the USA in XR – step 1: https://www.vinnova.se/en/calls-for-proposals/emerging-technology-solutions/collaborate-and-accelerate-usa-2024-step-1/
• 20240926: COLLIDE-XR Project Secures Funding for Cross-Atlantic Collaboration