This Cooperative Agreement award from the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program will advance next-generation wireless technology to substantially reduce communication latency, enabling low-latency wireless extended reality (XR) for remote medical collaboration. The $2,308,833 project, awarded to the University of Illinois, will develop an innovative low-latency wireless system and platform, called LXM, to solve...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CFDA 47.070) program provides $400,000 in funding to Northeastern University to develop advanced algorithms and infrastructure for low-latency edge computing to support high-quality augmented/virtual/mixed reality (XR) applications on mobile devices. The key product deliverables include: (1) Algorithms to optimize wireless base station association, beamforming, and content...
This $200,000 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) supports a collaborative research project led by Tufts University. The project aims to develop an enhanced edge computing architecture and algorithms for low-latency 5G and beyond 5G (B5G) networks to enable high-quality augmented/virtual/mixed reality (XR) applications on mobile devices. The key products and services to be delivered...
The National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded a $998,251 Cooperative Agreement under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program to Yerba Buena VR, Inc. The funding will support the development of a low-latency, ultra-high-quality 360-degree video streaming platform for virtual/augmented/extended reality (VR/AR/XR) applications. This proprietary technology aims to overcome the limitations of existing video streaming solutions, which typically require tradeoffs...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Engineering Program (CFDA 47.041) Project Grant award of $170,000.00 to Auburn University provides funding for research toward untethered extended reality (XR) through wireless sensing and communications co-design. The key products and services to be delivered under this 3-year award (2/1/2025 - 1/31/2028) include: Developing novel millimeter-wave (mmWave)-based sensing methods to detect full-body movements of multiple XR users, leveraging complex-valued...
This $1,886,515 National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education program (CFDA 47.076) will support the development of "KonnectXR", an enterprise-level platform that integrates immersive extended reality (XR) technologies into technician education programs. The project aims to: Integrate single sign-on and FERPA-compliant encryption capabilities to enable seamless interoperability between XR environments and existing Learning Management Systems (LMS)...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant, awarded under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program, will create an innovative ecosystem to support the integration of extended reality (XR) technologies into technician education programs. The $169,947 award to Cast Inc., a nonprofit research and development organization, has the following key goals: Assess XR technology adoption and attitudes in the NSF Advanced Technological Education (ATE) program domains, and create implementation and...
This Project Grant award, provided by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) program, aims to coordinate a reference open-source system community for future-generation wireless networks. The $1,500,000 award to Northeastern University, with a project period from July 2025 to June 2027, combines different open-source tools to create a complete, user-friendly open-source reference architecture for 5G and future networks. The project...
This is a Cooperative Agreement awarded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) under the NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (TIP) program (CFDA 47.084). The $1,000,000 award to Immergo Labs, Inc. supports the development of an immersive virtual reality (VR) platform for remote physical therapy and monitoring. The proposed innovation aims to increase the affordability, accessibility, and accuracy of physical therapy through an embodied telehealth solution with 3D virtual avatars and...
This National Science Foundation (NSF) Project Grant award under the STEM Education (CFDA 47.076) program will fund the development of the KonnectXR platform, an enterprise-level system that integrates augmented and virtual reality (XR) technologies into technician education programs. The $127,090 award to Motlow State Community College, effective October 1, 2024 through September 30, 2027, aims to bridge traditional learning management systems with immersive XR environments. Key project goals...