High-immersion holographic platform for the next generation of extended reality devices.

The InXR project addresses one of the main barriers to the widespread adoption of extended reality (XR) and the metaverse: the lack of XR devices that successfully combine immersion, ergonomics, and affordability. Despite significant progress in virtual and augmented reality technologies, current solutions remain bulky, expensive, or simply not immersive enough for everyday use.

To solve these challenges, the project is developing a three-dimensional holographic platform that integrates augmented reality and virtual reality into a single, lightweight, and compact device: the InLens smart glasses. These glasses are engineered to provide an advanced visual experience featuring a wide field of view and superior image quality. Additionally, they ensure long-term visual comfort by resolving the vergence-accommodation conflict—the visual mismatch in today’s devices that often leads to eye strain and motion sickness.

This technological platform rests on three core pillars: a proprietary holographic near-eye display system, an advanced projection system with dynamic light beam control, and and a dedicated computing chip for real-time 3D rendering with low latency. Integrating these elements will produce a functional prototype of AR/VR glasses with pre-commercial specifications, including electronics, optimized mechanical design, and advanced environment perception and mapping capabilities.

Eurecat participates in the project through its Product Innovation and Multiphysics Simulations unit, as well as the Functional Printing and Integrated Devices unit. The center contributes its extensive expertise in integrated systems, functional electronics, robotics, and product innovation.

The consortium is led by Inmersia Computers, a specialist in optical and photonic technologies, and includes collaboration with CEMDATIC (UPM), a leading research center for new materials in optoelectronic devices. This partnership of expertise will enable new XR applications across industry, healthcare, education, and entertainment, paving the way towards the metaverse.

General data

Project

InXR: A holographic platform for seamless extended reality and metaverse integration

Project reference

CPP2024-011442

Programme and call

Project funded by the Ministry of Science, Innovation and Universities, the State Research Agency (AEI), and the ERDF, under the 2024 call for public-private partnership projects.

Related SDGs

Application of extended reality in health and well-being, providing solutions that eliminate the visual fatigue found in current AR/VR technologies.

Creation of new immersive learning and training environments through lightweight XR devices for everyday use.

Development of a new technological platform based on holographic optics, photonics, and advanced computing, driving industrial innovation in XR devices and strengthening European technological competitiveness.