Final Meeting

This week, all consortium members and 11 ESRs met together to celebrate the successful end of the project. Ioanna Peppa, the EU project officer from Brussels, could also join the online meeting and was impressed by the stunning results.

The ESRs had the chance to present their research highlights they had produced over more than 3 years. Some of them have already completed their PhD, some will finish them in the next months.  Additionally, an overview of the network workshops and the numerous publications was given. The meeting was closed with an overview on the reporting tasks for the members that are due in the next weeks.

 

7th Board Meeting

For the first time since the last two years, the consortium met in person right before the start of Vienna Talk. The hybrid setting allowed to join the meeting from abroad, too.

Main topics were the final steps for the amendment process and the planning for the last year including outreach activities and publications.

 

6th Board Meeting

For the fourth time the Board Meeting took place virtually. 12 members of the consortium and the coordinator’s team discussed topics like the upcoming puplications, the next technical workshop and the planned outreach activities. The consortium paid also tribute to its member Prof. Armin Kohlrausch who passed away in April 2022.

Project Presentation at the MDW’s Klausur der Wissenschaften

On March 1st, 2021, the MDW presented new and ongoing projects at its annual conference „Klausur der Wissenschaften“. In pannel 3, Frances Lluis Salvado presented the project together with Sara Sousa and Andrea Corcuera. They are all Early Stage Researchers in VRACE and doing their PhDs at the Department of Music Acoustics-Wiener Klangstil. At the panel discussion, more than 15 people had the possibility to ask questions. 

VRinSight: Green Paper-Boosting Virtual Reality in Learning

VRinSight Green Paper, published in September 2020, provides an overview of current VR  developments with key note addresses from experts across Europe from both education and industry.  The publication also includes a selection of best practice examples from similar research projects  and provides recommendations for current and potential stakeholders involved in developing policy related to VR education.

On page 113, you can find a summary of our project VRACE. Have a good read here.

4th Board Meeting

For the second time the Board Meeting took place virtually. 17 members of the consortium and the coordinator’s team discussed topics like the upcoming mid-term meeting, the planning of the secondments and outreach & dissemination activities. 

Team Building with all VRACE Researchers

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, it was not possible to meet at Facebook Labs in Seattle in April 2020.  So the MDW organized two virtual team buildings to get to know each other better and discuss synergies among the students. They took place on June 25th and October 21st in 2020. Additionally, it is important to meet virtually as most of the students do their research from home during the pandemic.





Die Presse: Learn how to bluff your ears

In the Knowledge & Innovation section, the Austrian newspaper „Die Presse“ published an article about the international project VRACE on July 4th, 2020.

The article describes the challenges in the field of Virtual Reality and the ambitious goals of VRACE which is part of the Innovative Training Networks in the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Program (Horizon 2020). Read more here.

Virtual Meeting with all VRACE Researchers

Due to the Covid-19 outbreak, the MDW organized two virtual meetings with all 15 Early-Stage-Researchers (ESRs) and their supervisors on June 18th and 25th, 2020.

All students prepared a presentation including their current research work and collaboration possibilities within the network. In the Q&A sessions there was time to connect and to discuss research challenges.

Right after the meeting, a virtual team building event followed to get to know each other better and to discuss synergies.

Success Story by FFG

The Austrian Research Promotion Agency (FFG) published an article about the international project VRACE on May 26h, 2020.

The article describes the challenges in the field of Virtual Reality and the ambitious goals of VRACE which is part of the Innovative Training Networks in the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Program (Horizon 2020). Read more here.