In September, the MOTIVATE XR consortium finalised and submitted Deliverable D7.1, a cornerstone document that defines the project’s innovative training curriculum for both content authors (authoring) and end-users (experiencing). This curriculum provides the methodological backbone for training activities across industrial pilots, ensuring that XR adoption is effective, measurable, and aligned with real-world needs.
The preparation of D7.1 was a highly collaborative process. Technology providers outlined the features available in the beta and final versions of the platform, while pilot owners contributed with concrete scenarios, operational requirements, and industrial priorities. Through this joint effort, the consortium produced a coherent and shared document that will serve as the foundation for training and evaluation activities in the months ahead.
The curriculum framework defined in D7.1 covers key design dimensions: from the physical accessibility of XR devices to the fidelity of simulated scenarios, from continuous assessment mechanisms to social interactivity and learner-driven customisation. A dedicated section details the ex-ante and ex-post questionnaires, logbooks, and structured data-collection tools that will support cross-pilot evaluation, coordinated by TUD as the partner in charge of quality assurance.
D7.1 thus not only fulfils its role within the project timeline but also constitutes a valuable dissemination asset for the broader industrial and research community. It highlights how XR technologies can be systematically integrated into training ecosystems, paving the way for measurable impact across multiple sectors.
Youbiquo – Updates from the Meeting in Bordeaux
During the two-day meeting that took place on the 24th and 25th September, the Youbiquo team played a central role in demonstrating to partners the latest innovations introduced in the LeonardoXR, advanced XR headsets designed for immersive and interactive training.
Thanks to their See-Through vision capability, these devices combine Virtual Reality and Extended Reality experiences, offering the possibility of creating fully immersive environments or integrating digital elements into a real context, thus enabling natural interaction with physical and digital objects. New demos were presented integrating a major update to the Hand Gestures library (hand gesture recognition), a key element for improving natural and fluid interaction within XR environments. This update represents a significant step forward in ensuring an increasingly intuitive and precise user experience, crucial for industrial applications where speed and reliability are essential.
The meeting also fostered an open and constructive discussion with technology partners on potential new usage scenarios for LeonardoXR, yet to be explored, extending the use of XR visors to previously unexplored application cases. This exchange allowed us to highlight and discuss potential technical challenges, with the goal of finding shared solutions that can ensure effective integration and practical application of the developed technologies in various industrial contexts.
Looking Ahead
The imminent launch of pilot tests at the five sites represents a crucial step, allowing for field validation of the developed solutions, gathering real-world feedback, and further fine-tuning the applied technologies. Furthermore, the cooperation between European partners, thanks to these regular meetings, confirms how MOTIVATE XR is building an inclusive, collaborative, and innovation-driven ecosystem capable of generating a positive impact in terms of competitiveness, sustainability, and inclusiveness for European industry.
Youbiquo’s active participation underscores its commitment to developing cutting-edge XR technologies, recognizing that integrated and flexible solutions like LeonardoXR can radically transform industrial training, improving safety, efficiency, and accessibility.
MOTIVATE XR thus confirms itself as a project of great strategic importance for the growth of the XR sector in Europe, aiming decisively at a more humane, ethical and sustainable digitalisation of the industrial world.
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Youbiquo
Antonio Zanesco was born in Naples, graduated in 2001 in Electronic Engineering and soon began working at CNES in Toulouse (France), where he was involved in the characterization of active matrices (APS) to be employed into satellites for observation of the Earth.
