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Baden-Wurttemberg is funding the projects CyberLAND and Industrial Metaverse Reallabor with around 2.4 million euros in order to specifically advance the digitalization of the economy. By funding the two projects External: Cyberland (Opens in new window) and Industrial Metaverse Reallabor with a total of around 2.4 million euros, Baden-Wurttemberg wants to maintain its leading position in the digitalization of immersive technologies Continue to expand the economy. The intelligent linking of extended reality (XR), visual effects (VFX), digital twins, games technologies, blockchain and other key technologies opens up enormous opportunities for external: innovation (opens in new window), value creation and sustainable growth. Immersive technologies are no longer a future scenario, but rather an important competitive factor for our industrial location. If we intelligently connect the real and digital worlds, we create new business models, more efficient processes and sustainable value creation, said Dr. Nicole Hoffmeister-Kraut, Minister for Economic Affairs, Labor and Tourism, symbolically handing over the check to those responsible for the project. Focus on practical applications The two projects ensure that know-how is passed on and that the actors in Baden-Wurttemberg network with each other, exchange ideas and, together, bring Baden-Wurttemberg forward in the area of key immersive technologies. The focus of both projects is on the transfer into practical application. Immersive technologies today decide on the future viability and technological sovereignty of a location. Those who do not tackle change boldly risk losing out in global competition. The Baden-Wurttemberg Ministry of Economic Affairs is therefore taking the initiative and consistently strengthening the development of a powerful metaverse ecosystem, the minister continued. CyberLAND The CyberLAND project is creating a central platform for immersive and metaverse-relevant technologies. The project is being implemented jointly by the Extern: Virtual Dimension Center (VDC) (Opens in new window), the Extern: Medien- und Filmgesellschaft Baden-Wurttemberg (MFG) (Opens in new window) and the Extern: acameo GbR (Opens in new window). CyberLAND brings together companies, research institutions and service providers and makes existing competencies visible. The platform complements existing initiatives of the Ministry of Economics - for example Extern: Invest BW (Opens in new window) and Extern: Reallabore (Opens in new window) - and systematically links them together. At the same time, the reach, impact and efficiency of the various funding measures are improved. The website offers concrete use cases from different industries, enables targeted match-making between providers and users, supports the recruitment of skilled workers, provides information about technological trends and shows funding and strategy offers. In the current funding phase, the focus is clearly on practical application. The project specifically targets user companies and supports them in integrating immersive technologies into their processes and using them productively. The project is funded with 400,000 euros. Industrial Metaverse Real Laboratory The project is realized by the External: Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering and Organization (IAO) (Opens in new window), the External: Fraunhofer Institute for Production Engineering and Automation (IPA) (Opens in new window), the External: Film Academy Baden-Wurttemberg (FABW) (Opens in new window) and the External: ARENA2036 (Opens in new window) in close Collaboration. Here, existing competencies are bundled across technology, industry and institutional boundaries. The aim of the project is to establish an industrial metaverse real-world laboratory that gives companies low-threshold and practical access to innovation-relevant metaverse technologies and thus significantly facilitates the transfer into commercial application. The partners work specifically on common use cases and develop practical solutions for industrial value creation. This project is consistently aligned with the needs of the External: Economy (Opens in new window). The Ministry of Economics is funding the Industrial Metaverse Real Laboratory with two million euros.
