The vScientist project for OC1 Track 2 of CORTEX2 has come to an end, what a journey! An enriching, challenging and inspiring one, with an amazing team to count on. We are proud to show you our final achievements, best moments and a recap of 12 months of a project, whose focus was on the VR/XR deployment for the next generation engineering education and collaboration using Fluid dynamics 3D simulations.

vScientist in brief

The project’s title was: Immersive Exploration of Fluid Dynamics: Developing an XR/VR Platform for CFD virtual testing in Education and Social Inclusion. This was a joint collaboration between MultiFluidX and the National Technical University of Athens (NTUA) that lasted 12 months and deployed the CORTEX2 technology for creating a service that allows physics-based simulations within VR/XR for remote collaboration.

Remote users wearing virtual reality headsets are able to work together in a virtual meeting room with:
1. Conversations between users transcribed (meeting minutes generation).
2. An assistant developed by CORTEX2 providing on the fly context-aware advices during the meeting.
A truly innovative and inclusive way of working in meetings. Thanks to the technology of CORTEX2 engineering teams, no matter how far apart, will be able to work together in the same virtual workspace.

Check out the final newsletter to explore all the highlights from CORTEX2, our key outputs for future extended collaborative telepresence, the impact stories from all projects of Track 1 & 2 and how to stay in touch with the network cortex2.eu

Key outputs

  • A state-of-the-art VR/XR-CFD application specifically for training Fluid Dynamics STEM students.

  • Final version of the developed application. Creation of a library for user-defined additional scenarios. Robust testing and validation of the 3 scenarios.

  • TRL7 achieved.

  • 23 different users in total including undergraduate students, PhD/Post-doctoral researchers, academic lecturers.

  • 3 workshops were organised.

  • User experience measured.

Improved learning

Regarding the user-friendliness of the platform, users found the system easy to use, rating it 3.50/5. They felt confident, with 3.50/5 inclination for frequent use. It is worth noting that complexity of the Rainbow platform was rated low at 1.79/5, with minimal technical support needed, rated 1.93/5. During the workshops and testing, students had the opportunity to visualise complex flows in a unique way, improving understanding. This has led to an impressive score of 4.29/5 in the question whether quick learning is expected if this practice is introduced to teaching fluid dynamics, demonstrating the impact of the project and CORTEX2 in education.

CORTEX2 in brief

CORTEX2 is a European Commission HorizonEurope research project led by DFKI aiming to bridge the divide between widespread video-conferencing tools and state-of-the art Virtual and Extended Reality based solutions.

CORTEX2 Consortium: Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz (DFKI), LINAGORA, Alcatel-Lucent Enterprise, Intracom Telecom, AUSTRALO, F6S, Université catholique de Louvain, CEA, Actimage GmbH · Digital Intelligence, Universitat Jaume I

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement nº 101070192. This document reflects only the author’s view, and the EU Commission is not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.