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Logo Journées Européennes de l'Archéologie 19 20 21  juin 2020

When IRISA combines the past with the future

As archaeological remains are fragile witnesses to be analyzed, interpreted, preserved and valorized, discover on the occasion of the European days of archaeology, the multiple innovative digital approaches in this field ... Valérie Gouranton (associate professor INSA) coordinator of the ANR-FRQSC INTROSPECT project and Ronan Gaugne (research engineer), members of the Hybrid research team. From [..]

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Expo de momie d'un chat et sa représtation 3D (en arrière plan)

When science mixes with archaeology ...

In 2017, the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rennes makes an astonishing discovery about its 2500-year-old Egyptian cat mummy, which has been carefully preserved in the collections since 1923. This discovery will fuel an international research collaboration, one of the results of which can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts. A study conducted in Manchester on nearly 800 animal mummies from ancient Egypt [..]

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Personne dans un fauteuil équipée d'un masque de réalité augmentée

Piloting the house connected by the brain

Can we turn off the light or zap from one TV channel to another simply by brain activity? As part of its research platform on the connected home, Orange Labs is beginning to explore the potential of neural interfaces... Science fiction? Not quite anymore. When the brain makes a decision, neurons produce electrical impulses. An electroencephalographic headset can pick up these signals on the scalp [..]

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Drapeau breton dans une bulle de dialogue

When research seeks to preserve and popularize the Breton language ...

Imagine a voice that would be able to transcribe a text in the right pronunciation and intonation in Breton, or even tomorrow, able to speak directly by adapting itself to the context? Imagine the Breton who would thus integrate our video games or human services (public transportation, commerce). This is a resarch project led by Damien Lolive (associate professor at Enssat and member of the [..]

Awards & nominations
Logo IEEE VR 2020 Conference Awards

Three prizes awarded to the Hybrid research team at the IEEE VR 2020 conference

Congratulations to the Hybrid reserach team which was awarded 3 prizes at the IEEE VR 2020 conference Best Journal Paper Award : "Avatar and Sense of Embodiment: Studying the Relative Preference Between Appearance, Control and Point of View" Rebecca Fribourg, Ferran Argelaguet, Anatole Lécuyer, Ludovic Hoyet Best Conference Paper Award : "Detecting System Errors in Virtual Reality Using EEG [..]

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Logo Kaligo et fillette montrant sur sa tablette numérique un exercice d'écriture. (cf. www.kaligo-apps.com)

IRISA technologies in the Kaligo application, awarded at the prestigious Bett Award ceremony

The year ends and starts well for Learn&Go and its Kaligo application. Indeed, in November 2019, Learn&Go, with its Kaligo application, won first place in the sixth edition of the Global EdTech Start-up Awards France (GESA France). From now on, as a winning company, Learn&Go will represent France at the global edition of GESA [1] . And on January 23, 2020, Kaligo took second place on the podium of [..]