Updated on 19 August 2026
AR/XR Manufacturing Missing Link – R&D and Industrial Validation Partners
CFO/Co-Founder at Benario XR
Neu-Isenburg, Germany
About
Benario XR is developing a deep-tech manufacturing platform designed to close a critical gap between advanced AR/XR optical concepts and their scalable production. We are looking for universities, photonics and microfabrication research institutes, and industrial manufacturing partners to jointly develop and validate the prototype. The cooperation should focus on prototype integration, lithography on curved/non-planar surfaces, optical and manufacturing validation, testing, process optimisation and industrial scalability. Our objective is to build a European R&D and industrial partnership capable of demonstrating a validated manufacturing route for next-generation AR/XR hardware components. We are open to joining an existing Horizon Europe consortium or forming a new consortium around this development.
Topic
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-08: Apply AI: Robotics for Manufacturing: Advancing Core Skills through Technical Challenges
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-12: Standards for Quantum Technologies – Coordination and Support Action
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-14: Networking and Future Photonics Strategy
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-15: Strengthening the cooperation of semiconductor-intensive EU regions
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-HUMAN-01: Developing and demonstrating core technologies for Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-HUMAN-02: Web 4.0 architectural framework and Open Internet Stack applications for virtual worlds
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DATA-03: New approaches for decentralized, federated and sustainable AI data processing
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-10: Horizon scanning and foresight in future enabling digital technologies
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-HUMAN-01: Advanced and Innovative hardware components for Virtual Worlds
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-HUMAN-02: Create a thriving and competitive Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0 ecosystem
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-05-DIGITAL-EMERGING-03: Advanced integrated photonic devices for extended features and ultra-low power consumption
Type
- Consortium seeks partner(s)
- Partner seeks consortium
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Similar opportunities
Project cooperation
Vickylabs - Health XR/AI training https://vickylabs.ai/
- Partner seeks consortium
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-HUMAN-02: Create a thriving and competitive Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0 ecosystem
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-HUMAN-01: Developing and demonstrating core technologies for Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-09: Advanced Local Digital Twins using AI for Early Warning and Preparedness
- HORIZON-CL4-2027-02-DIGITA-EMERGING-52-two-stage: New approaches for Human/AI collaboration for the workforce of the future
Anestis Papadopoulos
CSO at EL 801289442
Katerini, Greece
Project cooperation
XR SME Seeking Consortium Partners for Virtual Worlds, AI Manufacturing & Robotics Calls
- Partner seeks consortium
- Consortium seeks partner(s)
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-HUMAN-01: Developing and demonstrating core technologies for Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-02-DIGITA-EMERGING-51: AI improved advanced manufacturing and production processes in factories
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-09: Advanced Local Digital Twins using AI for Early Warning and Preparedness
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-HUMAN-02: Web 4.0 architectural framework and Open Internet Stack applications for virtual worlds
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-DIGITAL-EMERGING-08: Apply AI: Robotics for Manufacturing: Advancing Core Skills through Technical Challenges
Sam Shennan
XR Product Director at Veles Productions
Warsaw, Poland
Project cooperation
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-HUMAN-01: Developing and demonstrating core technologies for Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0
- HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-HUMAN-02: Web 4.0 architectural framework and Open Internet Stack applications for virtual worlds
Daniel Field
Head of innovation at UST
Barcelona / Madrid, Spain