CORTEX2 Open Call #2
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CORTEX2 Open Call 2 will provide a maximum of 100 000 EUR per project to fund the development, integration and validation of highly innovative XR, AR technologies. They will contribute to CORTEX2 digital XR platform specifically geared to facilitate work and social activities involving physical interaction with the environment and remote objects — from remote assistance or training to working in collaborative spaces. The selected 3rd parties will be co-building an interdisciplinary community with expertise from the areas of XR, AR, users’ providers of videoconferencing, AI, psychology and ethics with the mission of building next-generation extended reality tele-cooperation solutions. Applicants should apply for one of the following topics: Embodied Avatar Smart Generator Virtual Experience Editor Multi Person Reaction Recognition Gaussian Splatting Based Reality Capture for VR 3D Model database Real-time voice translation Anonymizing meeting’s content for privacy-free data storage Open topic: Submit your own project idea At the end ten projects will be awarded and invited to participate in the CORTEX2 Assistance programme for a total duration of nine months.
Beneficiary & submission
CORTEX² Open Call #2 will invest a total of €1.000.000, which will be aimed at recruiting tech start-ups/SMEs and/or research organisations to co-develop the CORTEX² platform.
The objective is to deliver an inclusive XR teleconference platform while involving organisations in the ‘Lab-To-Market’ stage that will bring new modules and features, enhancing the functionalities and opportunities CORTEX2 can provide.
The Open Call will finance at minimum one single entity (tech Startup/SME/research organisation) and maximum of two entities representing Technology Developer(s): with emphasis on the XR, AR, AI. The inclusion of the 2nd entity must be justified.
Submission is done exclusively viathe F6S platform at: https://www.f6s.com/cortex2-open-call-2-for-co-developers/apply
Submissions via e-mail or other means will not be eligible.
All applicants should fill in the application form available on the F6S platform and attach a completed Annex 2.1 Proposal Template, containing the description of the proposed project.
The templates to Open Call 2 documents are available here: https://cortex2.eu/open-calls/open-call-2/
Evaluation process:
Eligible proposals will be evaluated remotely by independent expert evaluators in the first phase.
The following evaluation criteria apply:
• Technical excellence
• Ambition and impact
• Team skills and expertise
• Project planning and value for money
The shortlisted applications will be invited for an online interview with the CORTEX2 experts.
Further information
Full details can be found at: https://cortex2.eu/open-calls/open-call-2/
For extraordinal communication needs, please contact the Help Desk: opencall@cortex2.eu