Introduction
This Integrated Project aims at dissolving the boundary between the human body and surrogate representations in immersive virtual reality and physical reality. Dissolving the boundary means that people have the illusion that their surrogate representation is their own body, and act and have thoughts that correspond to this. The work in VERE may be thought of as applied presence research and applied cognitive neuroscience, and it would also significantly add to scientific knowledge in these areas.
Partners
| Participant name | Country | Principal Investigator |
| Universitat de Barcelona (UB, Coordinator) | Spain | Prof. M. Slater |
| Consorci Institut d’Investigacions Biomediques August Pi I Sunyer (IDIBAPS) | Spain | Prof. M. Sanchez Vives |
| Guger Technologies (g.tec) | Austria | Dr C. Guger |
| Technische Universitaet Muenchen (TUM) | Germany | Prof. M. Buss Dr. A. Peer |
| Scuola di Studi Universitari e di Perfezionamento Sant´Anna (SSSA) | Italy | Prof.M. Bergamasco Dr A. Frisoli Dr F. Tecchia |
| Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS) | France | Prof. A. Kheddar |
| École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) | Switzerland | Prof. O. Blanke |
| Fondazione Santa Lucia (FSL) | Italy | Prof. S. M. Aglioti |
| Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz (JGUM) | Germany | Prof. T. Metzinger |
| Weizmann Institute (WIS) | Israel | Prof. T. Flash Dr R. Malach |
| Instituto de Telecomunicações (IT) | Portugal | Dr V. Costa Orvalho |
| Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC H.) | Israel | Dr D. Friedman |
| University College London (UCL) | UK | Prof. P. Haggard |
| Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Institute of Mechanics | Bulgaria | Prof. I. Petkova Veneva |
VERE is an Integrated Project funded under the European Seventh
Framework Program, Future and Emerging Technologies (FET), Grant
Agreement Number 257695.
