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• May 08, 2024
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The Virtual Worlds Partnership Association is live

The European Partnership on Virtual Worlds, signed by Henna Virkkunen, Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy, and the Virtual Worlds Association, aims to ensure the EU fully benefits from the potential of virtual worlds. It will promote excellence in research, innovation, standardisation and skills development, while encouraging the deployment and adoption of human-centric virtual worlds.

Under the partnership, the European Commission plans to allocate up to €200 million within the current Multiannual Financial Framework to research and innovation activities and Virtual Worlds Association members will match this investment with at least €200 million between 2025 and 2030, ensuring strong public-private collaboration to scale virtual worlds across sectors.

The Partnership signed yesterday, 10 December, brings together the European Commission and the Virtual Worlds Association, led by Siemens and composed of 18 founding members, representing a strong cross-section of the European ecosystem:

• Siemens (DE)
• SAP (DE)
• Universidad Politécnica de Valencia (ES)
• VRT media Flanders (BE)
• VTT (FI)
• CNRS (FR)
• CNR (IT)
• PopulAR (BE)
• Brainstorm (ES)
• CERTH (GR)
• Voxel Sensors (BE)
• KU Leuven (BE)
• Fraunhofer (DE)
• DFKI (DE)
• imec (BE)
• Poznań University of Economics and Business (PL)
• CSGroup (FR)
• Immersion (FR)
• Universidade Lusófona (PT)