In 2021, Breda University of Applied Sciences – 7,000 students in
the domains of Hotel Management, Facility Management, Games,
Media, Logistics, Built Environment, Leisure & Events, and Tourism –
discussed the impact of the emerging developments of immersive
technologies (VR, AR, AI, Digital Twins) within the sectoral industries.
This project, DigiReal – Digital Realities (DR) for Smart Industries
- aimed to look beyond the diversity and variety of individual
use cases to develop valuable concepts and innovations in
methodologies and lab infrastructure, discussing questions:
how do we create, use and experience DR sensibly,
meaningfully, and responsibly?
This report contains a coherent summary of the project with a lot of (domain) examples and technological developments. As a result, this report contains a BUas-wide research agenda on Digital Realities with a framework of overall, generic research questions, methodologies and ecosystems. This research has been financed by Regieorgaan SIA, part of the Dutch National Funding Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO)
The SIA IMPULS project DIGIREAL aims to significantly strengthen BUAS’ Research and Development (R&D) on Digital Realities for the benefit of innovation in our sectoral industries. The project will furthermore help BUas to position itself in the emerging innovation ecosystems on Human Interaction, AI and Interactive Technologies.
