Project Grant R43ES028142

The National Science Foundation awarded a $183,836 project grant to Texas A&M University under the Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070). The grant will support the development of personalized augmented reality safety training environments for high-risk workplaces. Over three years from June 2023 to May 2026, the university will construct an augmented reality system using computer vision algorithms and accident scenario simulations. The system will...

This $294,660 project grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, under the NIEHS Hazardous Waste Worker Health and Safety Training program (CFDA 93.142), will support Radiation Emergency Services LLC to develop a prototype simulation game and training platform. The RadTeamSim-ROUTE simulation aims to address gaps in hands-on radiological field survey training by blending radiological dose modeling with gaming software. This will create...

The Department of Commerce National Institute of Standards and Technology awarded Nextgen Interactions LLC $199,903.22 through the Science, Technology, Business and/or Education Outreach federal grant program (CFDA 11.620) to build, demonstrate, and evaluate the HAZVR virtual reality air monitoring training module. The project will develop the module in collaboration with hazmat specialists, validate its effectiveness, and test it in classroom settings with hazmat trainees. Upon completion,...

This EAGER (Early-Concept Grants for Exploratory Research) project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Engineering program (CFDA 47.041) provides $299,861 to George Mason University (GMU) to research and develop mixed reality training programs for first responders. The project aims to enhance human-AI teaming by adapting mixed reality scenarios to real-world emergency response scenes, enabling first responders to practice handling challenges through interactive training. The...

This two-year, $300,000 project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to develop techniques to enhance the security and privacy of augmented reality mobile applications. The University of Texas at San Antonio will analyze the software behaviors of augmented reality elements like trackables and anchors to detect potential privilege abuses. Researchers will create a framework to formally model these behaviors over an...

This Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) provides $515,838 to Georgia Tech Research Corp to develop an intelligent extended reality (XR) tutoring system to accelerate skill acquisition in complex psychomotor tasks. The project aims to leverage XR, artificial intelligence, and Internet-of-Things technologies to create personalized, context-aware training and assessment solutions for skills...

This National Science Foundation (NSF) Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships (CFDA 47.084) Project Grant award of $274,828 to Gforce Animation Inc. aims to revolutionize firefighter training through the development of a virtual reality (VR) environment that mirrors real-world fire scenarios. The project will create an immersive VR training program that allows firefighters to interact with digital fire equipment, reducing the costs, safety risks, and environmental impact of traditional...

This $323,961 Project Grant award from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Computer and Information Science and Engineering (CISE) program (CFDA 47.070) aims to develop innovative techniques for automating the testing of augmented reality (AR) applications. The key products and services to be delivered include: Automating the construction of test scenes for AR apps by loading and configuring playback videos at runtime, identifying interactive areas on the screen, and automatically triggering...

This $798,529 Project Grant awarded by the Bureau of Justice Assistance under the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (CFDA 16.738) will enable Louisiana State University's National Center for Biomedical Research and Training Academy of Counter Terrorist Education (NCBRT) to customize and validate its existing DHS-certified de-escalation training course for delivery via a large-scale immersive virtual reality system. The project aims to improve NCBRT's capacity to...

This three-year, $1.7 million project grant from the National Science Foundation's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program aims to advance virtual learning environments through olfactory integration. Arizona State University will develop portable hardware and software to reliably synthesize virtual odors for delivery in real-time 3D environments. Researchers will design tools for virtual odor space development and model complex odor propagation. The project seeks to understand...