Advanced and Innovative hardware components for Virtual Worlds (RIA) (Virtual Worlds Partnership)
Projects are expected to contribute to the following outcomes: Innovative and advanced XR hardware, advanced headsets, screens, wearables and haptic components, sensors and actuators, advanced chips for a deeper and closer-to-reality immersion, stimulating all human senses. Scope: In the recent years, hardware for Virtual Worlds made major breakthroughs, democratising headsets, sensors, actuators or haptic…
Funding and competition
- 8grants expected (official)
- €4.8M–€5.6MEU contribution per project
- €4.3Mmedian EU grant of the most similar funded projects
- 166projects funded in earlier topics of this programme line
Success rates vary widely between topics (often from below 5% to above 30%). Ask us for the success-rate history of this topic before you commit to a proposal.
Organisations with a track record in this topic
Organisations that took part in the EU-funded projects most similar to this call (Horizon Europe and Horizon 2020), ranked by how close those projects are to the call, how recent they are and whether the organisation coordinated them. Being listed does not mean an organisation is looking for partners: use the list to target your outreach.
Spanish organisations with experience in this field
The Spanish organisations that appear most often in the closest funded projects.
| Organisation | Country | Type | Similar EU projects | As coordinator | Examples (CORDIS) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fundacio Privada I2Cat, Internet I Innovacio Digital A Catalunya Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 4 | 2 | XR-SENSE, ORIGINS, PRESENCE |
| Brainstorm Multimedia Sl Paterna | Spain | Company · SME | 4 | 0 | REALM, XR-SENSE, NOVA |
| Universidad Pompeu Fabra Barcelona | Spain | University | 4 | 3 | REALM, PRESENT, EMIL |
| Universitat Politecnica De Valencia Valencia | Spain | University | 4 | 0 | VICTOR-XR, NOVA, SUN |
| Idener Research & Development Aie Sevilla | Spain | Research organisation | 3 | 1 | NAVI, SENSORAMA, MED1stMR |
| Fundacio Hospital Universitari Vall D'Hebron - Institut De Recerca Barcelona | Spain | Research organisation | 2 | 0 | VICTOR-XR, ORIGINS |
| Fundacion Centro De Tecnologias De Interaccion Visual Y Comunicaciones Vicomtech Donostia San Sebastian | Spain | Research organisation · SME | 3 | 0 | NOVA, LUMINOUS, SYNERGIA |
| Universitat Jaume I De Castellon Castellon De La Plana | Spain | University | 3 | 0 | VICTOR-XR, TACTILITY, CORTEX2 |
What a typical winning consortium looks like
- 10partners (median)
- 6countries (median)
- 29%of partners are SMEs
Based on the 25 funded projects closest to this call. Use it as a benchmark, not a rule: always check the call conditions for the minimum consortium.
Most similar funded projects
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- REALM – Research on Extended And Layered Multimodalities (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-14)
- H-Reality – Mixed Haptic Feedback for Mid-Air Interactions in Virtual and Augmented Realities (H2020 · 2018 · FETOPEN-01-2016-2017)
- VICTOR-XR – Virtual–physical Integration and Consistency through mulTimodal, Open, Real-time XR (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-14)
- XR-SENSE – Next-Generation Visuohaptic Media Representation, Coding and Interactive Rendering for Immersive and Inclusive XR (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-14)
- MULTITOUCH – Multimodal haptic with touch devices (H2020 · 2020 · MSCA-ITN-2019)
- GeniVerse – Generative ai for inclusive and immersive virtual worlds (HORIZON · 2026 · HORIZON-CL4-2025-03-HUMAN-15)
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Track-record data: CORDIS open data (European Commission), organisation level only, refreshed weekly. Rankings are calculated automatically by Ullswater Investments from text similarity between the call and funded projects; they are indicative.