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Monday, 5 October 2026 | 14:00 - 15:15

Networking Rooms / HUMAN-01:Advanced and Innovative hardware components for Virtual Worlds

Format:Video conferencing

HORIZON-CL4-2027-04-HUMAN-01 is a Research and Innovation Action under Horizon Europe's Virtual Worlds Partnership, with a €39M budget and €4.80–5.60M expected per project, running ~36 months (TRL 3→5).

The call funds next-generation XR hardware — headsets, wearables, haptics, sensors, chips, and non-invasive brain-computer interfaces — aimed at fully immersive, multi-sensory experiences (sight, hearing, touch, smell) that blur the line between physical and digital worlds. Proposals must improve synchronization across sensory modalities, deliver integrated and tested devices demonstrated in real-world scenarios, and prioritize performance, reliability, miniaturization, interoperability, and energy efficiency, while supporting open standards and including SSH expertise for societal impact.