University Business Cooperation for Promoting Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Applications within Small and Medium-sized Manufacturing Companies Erasmus Project

Project Title

University Business Cooperation for Promoting Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality Applications within Small and Medium-sized Manufacturing Companies

Project Key Action

This project related with these key action: Cooperation for innovation and the exchange of good practices

Project Action Type

This project related with this action type : Knowledge Alliances for higher education

Project Call Year

This project’s Call Year is 2019

Project Topics

This project is related with these Project Topics:

Project Summary

In the recent years, technologies that enhance or recreate real world environments are increasingly influencing the world of the production industry and business. With Virtual Reality/VR, Augmented Reality/AR and the combination of both Mixed Reality/MR it is possible to simulate almost any process carried out in the physical world – and in business ranging from customer services to marketing, HR and production. The global VR/AR/MR market is growing exponentially and will have enormous impact on many areas of economy. Unfortunately, Europe has started slowly in utilising VR/AR/MR business and learning environments and is lagging behind its competitors, such as the USA, China and South Korea. Particularly within manufacturing SMEs, one of Europe’s economic pillars, all studies document a severe lack of awareness, insufficient investment and inadequate education.VAM*Rs tackles this situation by• raising general awareness about the role VR/AR/MR already plays in manufacturing industry and how this will increase significantly in the future• getting an overview of the current state of the art of VR/AR/MR hardware and software available on the market and their usability for manufacturing SMEs• getting insight to the current situation within Europe’s SMEs with regard to VR/AR/MR, including the current level of application, attitudes towards future developments, possible investment barriers etc.• providing HEIs and SMEs with useful tools and background information so they can self-evaluate their current situation regarding VR/AR/MR • increasing quantity and quality of HEIs training and consulting (to both, HEI students and SMEs) in this field• providing HEIs’ teachers with appropriate standards, knowledge, skills and competences to successfully execute business cooperation and consulting work• creating the largest European VR/AR/MR platform (500+ members) where HEIs, SMEs, VR/AR/MR providers, business representatives, policy makers etc. can meet and exchange

EU Grant (Eur)

Funding of the project from EU: 999185 Eur

Project Coordinator

FACHHOCHSCHULE DES MITTELSTANDES (FHM) GMBH – UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCE – & Country: DE

Project Partners

• E.N.T.E.R. GMBH
• 3DQR GMBH
• KATHOLIEKE UNIVERSITEIT LEUVEN
• TAMPEREEN KORKEAKOULUSAATIO SR
• TALLINNA TEHNIKAÜLIKOOL
• CONSIGLIO NAZIONALE DELLE RICERCHE
• CARDET CENTRE FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY LIMITED