Projects funded at national level

Continuum aims to create a collaborative research infrastructure with 30 platforms located throughout France, in order to advance interdisciplinary research in computer science, humanities and social sciences. Through Continuum, 37 teams aim to develop cutting-edge research focused on visualisation, immersion, interaction and collaboration, as well as on perception, cognition and human behaviour in virtual and augmented reality.

Continuum is an EquipEx+ project led by the CNRS as part of the 4th Programme for Investments in the Future (PIA4); it became a National Research Infrastructure in 2023.

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The COMET project (designs and uses of metaverse worlds), coordinated by the FR SCV, is one of the six targeted projects under the PEPR ICCARE programme. It is dedicated to promoting scientific and technological advances in metaverse worlds, in collaboration with artists and stakeholders in the cultural and creative industries, whilst incorporating forward-looking analysis of the regulatory, ethical (data protection, security) and environmental challenges they present, in order to anticipate their impacts and steer their development towards sustainable and inclusive models.

The PEPR ICCARE is the national research programme for the cultural and creative industries (CCI) established by the French government as part of its ‘France 2023’ national acceleration strategy. It is led by the CNRS and aims to support and assist the CCI sector in France.

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The XPICC project (Regional Clusters for Cultural and Creative Industries) aims to accelerate the economic and technological development of the cultural and creative industries sector in the Hauts-de-France region. It brings together numerous partners, educational institutions and businesses.The RF VSC is responsible for the research component of this project.

Funded under the France 2030 initiative, the project is currently under evaluation and has been accredited under the APP Regional Clusters for Cultural and Creative Industries (Future Investment Programme).