CORTEX2 Open call for XR Innovators

The goals? To investigate, advance and demonstrate the technical features of our innovative and digital eXtended Reality teleconference platform while involving organisations in the ‘Lab-To-Market’ stage to help bridge the Open Innovation gap. Also, to assess and validate the social impact of XR technology adoption.

In total, we will invest €3M in our Open Call #1 to fund and support the 20 teams that will be part of our journey.

Tracks

Through our Open Call #1, they are collecting applications for the co-development of our CORTEX2 platform features and deployment of use cases.

• Co-development: Selected startups and SMEs will co-develop CORTEX2 to build value-added services, leveraging their expertise on specific market segments.
  • Up to € 100.000 Per Project
  • 10 Funded Projects
  • 9-Month Programme
  • Target
    • Tech startups/SMEs
    • Tech developer(s) – Must
  • Team of 1 Or 2 – Organisations Max
  • Goal: To develop and test the required features for the CORTEX2 framework
• Use-cases: European technology adopters (who can work with technology developers/providers/integrators) to address and/or propose use cases for deploying the CORTEX2 framework and developed features in the co-development track 1.
  • Up to € 200.000 Per Project
  • 10 Funded Projects
  • 12-Month Programme
  • Target
    • EU industry players, RTOs, Foundations,
    • Universities/Schools, Associations, and NGOs.
    • Tech adopter (end-user) – Must
    • Tech developer (provider/integrator) – Recommended
  • Team of 1 Or 2 – Organisations Max
  • Goal: To propose novel use cases for deploying the CORTEX2 framework and developed features from the co-development

Topics

As an applicant, you should choose one of these topics or domains to apply to. If you don’t find a suitable one, you can also apply for an open topic or domain aligned with the CORTEX2 framework and objectives.

• Co-Development
  • Tech developers
  • Team of 1 or 2 organisations max
    • User representation and user avatar customisation
    • Real-time object virtualiser
    • Collaborative hand object manipulation
    • IoT adaptability of the CORTEX2 framework
    • Dynamic library of personalised gestures
    • 3D objects library
    • Automatic notetaking in virtual videoconference
    • Connect your app service to XR engine
    • Authoring tool for XR environment
    • Maintaining interface engagement and usability for the CORTEX2 framework
• Use-Case
  • Tech adopter + optionally tech developer
  • Team of 1 or 2 organisations max
    • Education
    • Business
    • Industry
    • Healthcare
    • Emergency and crisis
    • Entertainment and culture
    • Smart cities
    • Accessibility and social inclusion

What’s in it for you?

• €100.000 for co-developers and €200.000 for use-case
• Continuous guidance and support
• Access to tech and business experts
• Capacity building on CORTEX2 and XR technologies & trends
• Resources to facilitate integration and understanding of the CORTEX2 platform
• Coaching and monitoring
  • We will assign a coach and a monitor to the selected teams. The coach, an expert from our CORTEX2 team, will support, give feedback, motivate and evaluate our XR innovators. The monitor will act as administrative contact, who will liaise with the coach to ensure the successful implementation of the projects.
• Exploitation and commercialisation
  • We will also provide projects with tailored support to maximise their exploitation and commercialisation potential, such as:
    • CORTEX2 Rainbow multi-modal collaborative platform: administration, cloud hosting and open API
    • Tailor expert support depending on the co-development theme of selected use cases
    • Integration and validation support
    • Dissemination of achievements

For who?

• Applicants must be based in an EU or Horizon Europe-associated country.
• Co-Development: This track 1 will finance at minimum one single entity (tech Startup/SME) and maximum of two entities representing Technology Developer(s): with emphasis on the XR, AR, AI Startups/SMEs serving as innovators. The inclusion of the 2nd entity must be justified.
• Use-Case: Track 2 extends an invitation to European technology adopters (which can work together with technology developers/providers/integrators) to propose novel use cases for the deployment of CORTEX2 framework and developed features (coming from Track 1 Co-development winning projects).
  • Track 2 will finance an entity (maximum of 2) – mandatory organisation will serve as the technology adopter and the 2nd potential organisation will serve as technology developer/provider/integrator, where the use case will be applied.
  • As a rule, the following organisations are eligible: Startups, SMEs, Research Institutions like Foundations, Universities, Associations, NGOs, schools, etc.

For more information, visit CORTEX2.