Coordinator: PHOTOCONSORTIUM, Italy
Photoconsortium is the Europeana accredited aggregator for photography. It has participated since 2016 in the Europeana DSI series of projects for the maintenance and improvement of the Europeana platform and successfully participated in various generic service projects of the Connecting Europe Facility (CEF) Programme, to enrich the Europeana collections. In addition to a deep knowledge of the Europeana aggregation mechanisms and strategy, and to the embedment in the various working group of the Europeana network, Photoconsortium as an association adds value to EUreka3D-XR in force of its network, comprising over 30 members representing the whole CH sector. Photoconsortium also coordinates the work package on re-usable case scenarios.
Cyprus University of Technology, Cyprus
Cyprus University of Technology (CUT) is national representative of Cyprus in the newly established Commission Expert Group on the common European Data Space for Cultural Heritage (CEDCHE) expert group, as well as member of DARIAH. CUT participates in EUreka3D-XR with its Laboratory on 3D digitisation where the EU Study on quality in 3D digitisation was developed and the coordinator of ViMM and ViMM Plus projects was conducted. CUT was part of EUreka3D as a content provider, and in this project is developing one of the three XR pilot scenarios, the creation of a new life of Saint Neophytos Englystra in Cyprus in the virtual space.
CRDI Ajuntament de Girona, Catalonia (Spain)
CRDI, the Centre for Image Research and Dissemination, is the image archive of the Municipality of Girona. Based on the accumulated knowledge, CRDI undertook the development of a working methodology focused on the search for image quality which, together with the preservation and digitisation policy, made it possible to contribute thousands of digitised documents to Europeana. CRDI holds expertise on metadata curation and management, and has extensive experience in participating in European projects in the cultural field over the last ten years. In EUreka3D it was one of the content providers and the leader of work package 4 (Dissemination and Communication). In EUreka3D-XR, CRDI develops one of the three XR pilot scenarios, the virtual visualisation of the middle-ages walls of the city of Girona. CRDI is also responsible for the dissemination and the communication of the project.
Bibracte, France
Bibracte EPCC, a key actor of the French archaeological community, is the managing organization of a permanent archaeological research program and custodian of the scientific archives produced on the eponymous site since the beginning of excavations in the 1860s. Bibracte owns a unique capital of information to explore new ways of using digital technologies throughout the archaeological process, from taking data in the field to sharing it with all the users concerned. Bibracte was one of the content providers in EUreka3D, and contributed with archaeological objects and sites, digitised in 3D and available in Europeana. In EUreka3D-XR, Bibracte will develop one of the three XR pilot scenarios, the XR narrative of excavations in process in the archaeological site.
Europeana, The Netherlands
Complementary to all the roles played by the other partners, the Europeana Foundation (EF) participates as beneficiary in EUreka3D-XR to provide its advice on a series of key aspects. On one hand, EF advice will guarantee the compliance of the project’s actions, and in particular the new digital environment, with the existing Europeana CSP (e.g. access to links, secure connections and in general the correct implementation of the EPF). On the other hand, EF will contribute to assess the sustainability of the technical services, to identify the benefits that can derive for the European common data space for cultural heritage. EF will will continue to provide the fundamental liaison with DSCH and support the project’s outreach publishing editorials on its channels.
meemoo, Belgium
meemoo is a non-profit organisation that, with help from the Flemish Government, is committed to supporting the digital archive operations of cultural, media and government organisations. Together with partners, meemoo brings the past back to life and prepares it for the future. The organisation safeguards the archive content digitally, and make it accessible and usable. In EUreka3D-XR, meemoo will be responsible for the Capacity Building programming and implementation, for participants involved in the project, the Europeana and Data Space communities, and Cultural Heritage institutions in general.
imec, Belgium
imec’s core research team ETRO (Department of Electronics and Informatics of the Vrije Universiteit Brussel) is the world-leading R&D and innovation hub in nanoelectronics and digital technologies and focuses on sensors, image and multi-dimensional signal processing. imec-ETRO-VUB has a long-standing expertise in digital imaging and video processing for medical imaging, media systems, industrial processing and digital heritage. In EUreka3D-XR, imec is the leader of the Supporting Technologies work package, providing the supervision of the technological articulation between the cloud resources, the 3D requirements and the XR applications, maintaining a constant dialogue with the CH institutions.
EGI Foundation, The Netherlands
The EGI Foundation (also known as Stichting EGI and abbreviated as EGI.eu) is a non-for-profit foundation established under the Dutch law to coordinate the EGI Federation (abbreviated as EGI), an international collaboration that federates the digital capabilities, resources and expertise of national and international research communities in Europe and worldwide. The main goal is to empower researchers from all disciplines, including digital cultural heritage, to collaborate and to carry out data- and compute-intensive science and innovation. In EUreka3D, EGI developed the EUreka3D Data Hub. In the continuation project EUreka3D-XR, EGI continues to provide the cloud resources needed to store, visualise and process the cultural contents provided by CHIs.
Wroclaw Centre for Networking and Supercomputing, Poland
Wroclaw University of Science and Technology hosts the WCSS Wroclaw Center for Networking and Supercomputing. They are part of the Polish Cloud Grid and take part in EUreka3D-XR as a member of the EGI Federation. WCSS is involved in the project as a provider of storage and computing resources.
National Technical University of Athens, Greece
The National Technical University of Athens is structured according to the continental European system for training engineers, with an emphasis on solid background. NTUA is historical partner in the technical development of the Europeana platform and a technology partner of the running Data Space for Cultural Heritage project as well as coordinator of the ongoing project “AI4Culture: An AI platform for the CH dataset”. In EUreka3D-XR, NTUA is the task leader of the XR toolbox development. They will also provide one of these tools, an open online application that will enable CHIs to setup custom AR tours accompanied with a mobile app that will serve the tours to their visitors as a phygital experience.
Software Engineering, Italy
SE.IT is a very skilled Italian SME founded in 2010, leader in provisioning of XR solutions, expert on the development of XR applications focusing on developing technologies that enhance User eXperience (UX) and Interfaces (UI). Member of EuroXR association, it acted as technological leader of the COSME project CHARM on innovating rural tourism through adoption of XR technologies. In the project, SE.IT aims to narrow the divide between reality and virtuality, making advanced XR technologies user-friendly and widely accessible. SE.IT provides EUreka3D-XR with high-level competencies on design and development of XR applications, integration and exploitation of AI functionalities. They develop one of the applications within the toolbox: an AI application for the creation of 3D models starting from 2D images and the creation of XR/AR experiences.
MIRALab, Switzerland
MIRALab is an R&D SME based in Switzerland, a spin-off of the MIRALab of the University of Geneva. The group works in the field of Computer Graphics, Virtual Worlds and generative AI. Since 2000, MIRALab has modelled the life of ancient sites such as the Pompei site or the Roman theatre Aspendos in Turkey. From existing frescos, MIRALab has modelled 3D inhabitants in a tavern on the Pompei CH site using AR technology. In EUreka3D-XR, MIRALab contributes one of the toolbox applications, providing the modelling and simulation of the Enkleistra of Saint Neophytos by re-enacting the life inside the monument.