The purpose of this webinar is to build on the use of the OPENVERSE Observatory by encouraging meaningful connections within the OPENVERSE community as the project enters its final months. The session will showcase how participants can use OPENVERSE's Private Messaging feature to connect directly with researchers, innovators, and industry experts, fostering conversations that can...
Picking things up from our previous online workshop on the topic, this second webinar will have the objective of enhancing with diversely sourced insights OPENVERSE's final targeted Roadmap, providing up-to-date material on the related work carried out so far, and taking stock of the evolution of the Virtual Worlds’ landscape, in a fast-changing context -...
This event is a roundtable organised by the WEB4HUB project - which is coordinated by PPMI on behalf by the Future Internet Unit of CNECT - involving several experts in the field and on the topics at hand: among them is Gianluca Misuraca of OPENVERSE partner Inspiring Futures, presenting the project's Roadmap.
OPENVERSE project is continuing its new series of workshops, designed to foster a shared, evidence-based view of Europe’s Virtual Worlds landscape, this series aims to reduce market fragmentation and align key stakeholders on technology, adoption, and ecosystem priorities. More details on key topics and agenda of this third instalment will be shared soon. Who Should Attend? This...
OPENVERSE, in its work as a Coordination and Support Action, is pulling together a community of key stakeholders engaged in the research, testing, experimentation, development, promotion and uptake of Virtual Worlds enabling technologies. The community of stakeholders is organised according to different building blocks, as outlined by the European Commission’s Staff Working Document: information, insights...
OPENVERSE, in its work as a Coordination and Support Action, is pulling together a community of key stakeholders engaged in the promotion and uptake of Virtual Worlds enabling technologies. The community of stakeholders is organised according to different building blocks, as outlined by the European Commission’s Staff Working Document: information, insights and market trends on...
We're excited to announce a new series of online webinars organised by the OPENVERSE project. Designed to foster a shared, evidence-based view of Europe’s Virtual Worlds landscape, this series aims to reduce market fragmentation and align key stakeholders on technology, adoption, and ecosystem priorities. The agenda of the first instalment will cover a comprehensive snapshot of...
Join our partner XR4Europe for a live walkthrough of the OPENVERSE Observatory, a new European platform designed to support collaboration across the XR and Virtual Worlds ecosystem. In this session, we will demonstrate how the Observatory works in practice, including how to create a profile, explore organisations and experts, and connect with others through matchmaking...
As part of the OPENVERSE dialogue series with National Initiatives on Virtual Worlds, this workshop introduces a shift in perspective: placing SMEs and startups at the centre of the discussion. While previous exchanges have largely focused on institutional and strategic viewpoints, this session foregrounds the end-users and beneficiaries of national and European virtual worlds initiatives....
The XR5.0 project's Pilot 4 Webinar, titled “XR5.0 Technologies for Worker-Centric Aircraft Maintenance Training,” will take place on February 19, 2026, at 10:00 CET. The session will present the progress and planned activities of Pilot 4, highlighting how XR5.0 technologies aim to support aircraft maintenance training in a worker-centric manner. The webinar will begin with...
On 3 February, the VWA and the European Commission are organising the official brokerage event for the Horizon Europe call HORIZON-CL4-2026-04-HUMAN-01 (Developing and demonstrating core technologies for Virtual Worlds and Web 4.0). The event will present the main features of the call, and will support consortium building through pitching. Interested participants are invited to prepare...
This international online brokerage event is designed to support consortium building for upcoming Horizon Europe, Digital Europe and Creative Europe calls related to Virtual Worlds and immersive technologies. The event combines information sessions, project showcases, pitching, thematic networking and one-to-one matchmaking to facilitate targeted collaboration among research, industry, public sector and innovation support stakeholders.
