The University of Bologna has installed IRIS (Immersive Reconfigurable Interaction System) at its Forlì Campus to support research and education in its Department of Industrial Engineering. Researchers and students can experience, analyse and interact with complex systems and future concepts at full scale.
IRIS can operate as a CAVE, a room-sized virtual reality environment that projects stereoscopic 3D images onto surrounding surfaces, or be reconfigured for large-scale visualisation. ST Engineering Antycip says the facility is already being used to support research.
Research applications
The facility supports applications including:
- Aircraft cabin interior design and passenger comfort engineering.
- Full-scale digital prototypes.
- Urban Air Mobility and Human–Machine Interfaces.
- Training and collaborative operations.
Delivery and funding
ST Engineering Antycip supplied and integrated the immersive visualisation system to meet the university research team’s scientific, educational and technical requirements.
The facility received funding through Italy’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR), financed by the European Union’s NextGenerationEU programme. It forms part of the National Centre for Sustainable Mobility (MOST).
