NECSTFridayTalk – Democratizing VR Training Through Open, Collaborative Architecture
Speaker: Marco Domenico Buttiglione
PHD Student in Information Technology
DEIB - NECSTLab Meeting Room (Bld. 20)
Online by Zoom
October 3rd, 2025 | 11.30 am
PHD Student in Information Technology
DEIB - NECSTLab Meeting Room (Bld. 20)
Online by Zoom
October 3rd, 2025 | 11.30 am
Contact: Prof. Marco Santambrogio
Sommario
On October 3rd, 2025 at 11.30 am a new appointment of #NECSTFridayTalk series titled "Democratizing VR Training Through Open, Collaborative Architecture" will take place at DEIB NECSTLab Meeting Room (Building 20) and on line by Zoom.
During this talk, we will have, as speaker, Marco Domenico Buttiglione, PhD at Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria.
Virtual Reality training systems hold immense potential for professional education, yet their widespread adoption faces significant barriers: prohibitive costs, vendor lock-in, limited interoperability, and poor integration with existing workflows. Current VR solutions rely heavily on proprietary technologies that amplify these problems, while existing open alternatives lack the modularity and extensibility needed for diverse training environments.
This research presents a novel open-source framework designed to democratize VR training through platform-independent architecture built on commodity hardware and open standards. The system's core innovation lies in creating dynamic digital twins that mirror real operational environments, enabling data-driven training scenarios with unprecedented realism.
The framework addresses critical training requirements: device interoperability, realistic simulations, user comfort, and seamless collaboration. To achieve these goals, the system leverages OpenXR standard for universal compatibility, Gaussian Splatting for photorealistic rendering, physics-based simulation using Extended Position-Based Dynamics (XPBD) with direct physical interaction systems, and machine learning-based motion sickness mitigation, while supporting multi-user interactions and integration with external data sources.
Initial validation in surgical training demonstrates the framework's effectiveness in procedural planning and skill development. However, the domain-agnostic design ensures broad applicability across industrial training, emergency response, and technical education sectors. By combining technical rigor with accessibility, this framework aims to make high-quality immersive training available to organizations regardless of budget or technical infrastructure constraints.
During this talk, we will have, as speaker, Marco Domenico Buttiglione, PhD at Dipartimento di Elettronica, Informazione e Bioingegneria.
Virtual Reality training systems hold immense potential for professional education, yet their widespread adoption faces significant barriers: prohibitive costs, vendor lock-in, limited interoperability, and poor integration with existing workflows. Current VR solutions rely heavily on proprietary technologies that amplify these problems, while existing open alternatives lack the modularity and extensibility needed for diverse training environments.
This research presents a novel open-source framework designed to democratize VR training through platform-independent architecture built on commodity hardware and open standards. The system's core innovation lies in creating dynamic digital twins that mirror real operational environments, enabling data-driven training scenarios with unprecedented realism.
The framework addresses critical training requirements: device interoperability, realistic simulations, user comfort, and seamless collaboration. To achieve these goals, the system leverages OpenXR standard for universal compatibility, Gaussian Splatting for photorealistic rendering, physics-based simulation using Extended Position-Based Dynamics (XPBD) with direct physical interaction systems, and machine learning-based motion sickness mitigation, while supporting multi-user interactions and integration with external data sources.
Initial validation in surgical training demonstrates the framework's effectiveness in procedural planning and skill development. However, the domain-agnostic design ensures broad applicability across industrial training, emergency response, and technical education sectors. By combining technical rigor with accessibility, this framework aims to make high-quality immersive training available to organizations regardless of budget or technical infrastructure constraints.
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