Sep 23, 2013
Project overview: VR Hyperspace
VR Hyperspace - A European Union project.
From 2011-10-01 to 2014-09-30.
Cost: 4.6m euro (source).
The project aims to increase comfort during air travel using Virtual Reality. The research also includes telepresence, because people will want to communicate with friends and colleagues while traveling. Systems include scene capture with multiple kinects and entirely virtual systems using body tracking, head-mounted displays (HMDs) or large projection displays.
The project also includes a number of body ownership studies, on the basis that if we can create ownership of our avatars we might be able to increase a sense of presence and comfort.