EU IST Future and Emerging Technologies (FET) Presence Research Projects

• ADAPT - Artificial Development Approach to Presence Technologies
• BENOGO - Being There - Without Going
• EMMA - Engaging Media for Mental Health Applications
• I-Learning - Imagery Enhanced Learning
• MEC - Measurement, Effects, Conditions
• OMNIPRES - Omnibus Presence Technology Assessment and Measurement Groups
• PeLoTe - Building Presence through Localization for Hybrid Telematic Systems
• POEMS - Perceptually Oriented Ego-Motion Simulation
• PRESENCIA - Presence: Research Encompassing Sensory Enhancement, Neuroscience and Cognition, with Interactive Applications
• TDIS - Three-Dimensional Imaging System based on integral photography for precise simulation of 3d perception and enhancement of the telepresence effect (concluded in 2003)
• Touch-Hapsys - Towards a Touching Presence: High-Definition Haptic Systems

Other Presence-related Projects

Research Labs

• 3D-Matic Research Laboratory, University of Glasgow, UK
• Advanced Displays and Spatial Perceptions Laboratory, NASA Ames Research Center, USA
• Advanced Interfaces Group, Manchester, UK
• Advanced Interface Research Centre, University of Portsmouth, UK
• Advanced VR Research Centre, Loughborough University, UK
• ATR Human Information Processing (HIP) Lab, Japan
• BTexact Technologies, UK
• Collaborative Visual Computing Lab (CVC), University of Cape Town, South-Africa
• Columbia University Computer Graphics and UI Lab, USA
• Communications Research Group, University of Nottingham, UK
• Communication Technology Laboratory, Michigan State University, USA
• Electronic Visualisation Laboratory, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
• ETC-Lab, University of Toronto, Canada
• GVU Center, Georgia Tech, College of Computing, USA
• Hirose Lab, University of Tokyo, Japan
• Human Factors for Telerobots, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, USA
• Human Interface Technology Laboratory, University of Washington, USA
• Human-Technology Interaction Group, Faculty of Technology Management, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
• Immersive Virtual Environments Laboratory (CAVE Lab), University College London, UK
• Institute for Applied Information Technology, GMD-FIT, Germany
• IPO, Center for User-System Interaction, Eindhoven University of Technology, The Netherlands
• ITC Immersive TV Lab, Department of Psychology, Goldsmiths College, University of London, UK
• Lund Mixed and Augmented Reality Resource Centre, Lund Institute of Technology, Lund University, Sweden
• Media Interface and Network Design Labs, USA
• Microsoft Telepresence Research, USA
• MIT MediaLab, USA
  • Affective Computing Group
  • Interactive Cinema Group
  • Sociable Media Group
  • Synthetic Characters Group
  • Tangible Media Group
• MIT TouchLab, USA
• MUSE Research Group, Umeň University, Sweden
• NASA Space Telerobotics Program, USA
• POSTECH VR Laboratory, Korea
• Research Center for Virtual Environments and Behavior, University of California, Santa Barbara, USA
• Telepresence Research Group, University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, USA
• Temple University, USA
• Transparent Telepresence Research Group (TTRG), University of Strathclyde, UK
• Virtual Applications, Systems and Environments Laboratory (VASE Lab), University of Essex, UK
• Virtual Environments and Computer Graphics Group, University College London, UK
• Virtual Environments and Teleoperation (VETO) Lab, University of Utah, USA
• Virtual Environments Division, GMD-IMK, Germany
• Virtual Environments Laboratory, Northeastern University, USA
• Virtual Environments Laboratory, West Virginia University, USA
• Virtual Reality Applications Center, Iowa State University
• Virtual Reality Applications Research Team (VIRART), University of Nottingham, UK
• Virtual Reality Laboratory, University of Tsukuba, Japan
• Virtual Space Exploration Lab, Center for Design Research, Stanford University, USA
• Virtual Systems Laboratory, Gifu University, Japan