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First call of EMIL, the European Media and Inmersion Lab, closed. With the participation of DTIC's FuBIntLab, led by Narcís Parés 

EMIL is a pan-European XR Lab network composed of four major European academic institutions, with a mission to accelerate development of virtual, augmented and mixed reality technologies, content, services and applications. EMIL, the European Media and Immersion Lab, is an Innovation Action co-funded by the European Union and Innovate UK. It is funded under Call “HORIZON-CL4-2021-HUMAN-01-06: Innovation for Media, including eXtended Reality – Part ii”. EMIL is a consortium of four partners. It is coordinated by Aalto University in Finland and includes Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg in Germany, Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Spain (specifically the FuBIntLab), and University of Bath in the United Kingdom.

EMIL will launch and coordinate financial support to third parties (FSTP) through two calls – providing total funding to XR projects of 5.6M EUROS. EMIL will also support the funded projects through the four partners’ research excellence, technological and creative expertise and their wide contact networks. The first call closed on January 31st 2023.

FubIntLab at DTIC also has its own "lighthouse" project on the AR Magic Lanterns, which will allow FubIntLab to take its technology and applications from the current proof-of-concept prototype to a robust device. The AR Magic Lantern is an augmented reality flashlight that enables users to see and interact with virtual content projected onto physical surfaces around them. It is designed especially to support group-oriented, co-located, and situated AR experiences.