V-EUPNEA
Living, Breathing Virtual Worlds

iNicosia - The 3D Digital Twin of Nicosia

iNicosia is the flagship project of CYENS CoE. The goal is to build a 3D Digital Twin of the city of Nicosia that will be integrated with the Smart City platform of the city of Nicosia. V-EUPNEA's team leader Panayiotis Charalambous is currently coordinating the efforts for the 3D reconstruction of the city.

ReInHerit

ReInHerit aspires to disrupt the current status quo of communication, collaboration and innovation exchange between museums and cultural heritage sites, in a sense that it will connect cultural heritage collections and sites, and present Europe's tangible and intangible heritage to citizens and tourists in their wider historical and geographical contexts. The V-EUPNEA team is developing a Video Game inspired by the content of and the people managing museums.

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101004545.

Sony Pictures Animation collaboration

Sony Pictures Animation and CYENS CoE collaborate to develop technological advances to assist in the early stages of production, including storyboarding. Through the partnership, CYENS contributes highly skilled researchers from the Computer Graphics and Machine Learning domains to collaborate with the expert technical team at Sony Pictures Animation with the goal of developing new technology that will allow artists to be nimbler and more efficient in the creation of storyboards for animated features, shorts, and series.

EHEM

The EHEM project seeks to create digital layered models of medieval architecture and mural paintings that are as close as possible to the originals at different time periods, ultimately to provide both an improved perception and experience to the public and an instrument for researchers, restorers, and heritage curators. EHEM stands for “Enhancement of Heritage Experiences: The Middle Ages. Digital Layered Models of Architecture and Mural Paintings over Time”. This project is developed by a multidisciplinary team with researchers from Italy, Cyprus, and Catalonia. The Cypriot Team works on the Enkleistra of Neophytos in Paphos, Cyprus.

The European project EHEM was approved in the JPI Cultural Heritage Conservation, Protection and Use (0127) call in 2020. The JPICH has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 699523.

Astrotourism

Cyprus has one of the clearest night skies as well as optimal geographical location in the world, offering great advantages for astrotourism development. The project aims in using a professional approach in astrotourism product research and development for Cyprus along with a high-end astrotourism policy and governance.The project will conduct research that will focus on “beyond the state-of-the-art” innovation in the field of astrotourism leading Cyprus to be added on the world map of the astrotourism “hot” destinations and creating the proper environment to host and offer astronomy experiences for both experts and enthusiasts at an entry level.

The Project INTEGRATED/0918/0038 is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the Republic of Cyprus through the Research and Innovation Foundation and it is supported by the Deputy Ministry of Tourism and the Deputy Ministry of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy.