Eindhoven
Fontys · Innovation Lab
Connects industry and education in Virtual Humans, Virtual Production to innovate together
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Access
- Digital infrastructure: project environments on request
In the innovation journey
ExperimentYou try out ideas quickly with something tangible, such as a sketch or simple demo. That shows what works before you invest.BuildFrom idea to something that actually works. A prototype or first version gets built.
Expertise
Expertise · 11 keywords
- Immersive & Spatial Computing
- Virtual reality (VR)With a headset you step fully into a digital world. You no longer see your real surroundings. · Mixed reality & spatial computingDigital objects that appear to stand in your real room. You work with them as if they were really there. · Multi-user & social XRSeveral people in the same virtual environment at once, so they can see each other and work together. · XR hardware & system integrationMaking headsets, sensors and computers work together as one reliable system.
- AI & Intelligent Interaction
- Virtual humansDigital characters that look and respond like people, for example as a conversation partner or trainer. · AI agents & agentic systemsAI systems that carry out tasks on their own and plan steps to reach a goal.
- Simulation, Learning & Assessment
- Serious gamingGames with a serious purpose, such as learning, training or changing behaviour.
- Data, Platforms & Integration
- Data engineering & repositoriesCollecting, organising and storing data, so it can be used and shared reliably. · CybersecurityProtecting systems and data against hackers, leaks and misuse.
- Human Factors, Research & Validation
- UX researchResearching what users need and how they experience an application. · Usability testingWatching people use an application to see where they get stuck. That helps make it easier.
Who it's for
Bedrijven · Overheid · Onderwijs · IX-makers · IX makers · Businesses · Startups · Researchers · Government · Education
What this lab stands for
Fontys opens its labs and expertise to industry. Bringing together education, research and practice in Virtual Humans, Virtual Production and IX, we help companies explore ideas, experiment and develop new applications alongside students, researchers and professionals.
Without shared digital infrastructure, a national network of labs still ends up as a collection of separate places. Fontys solves that: isolated project environments, a GPU cluster for AI models, and shared repositories in which labs exchange assets and pipelines.
What we are setting up for BRIX
What Fontys · Innovation Lab is building as part of the CIIIC programme.
Fontys is building the shared digital infrastructure of BRIX, on-premise in Eindhoven. Every project gets its own secure environment. A GPU cluster runs AI models, and three servers carry hosting and development. Around that come sandboxing, repositories, AI models and floating licences that all labs can use, without depending on large cloud platforms.
What was made here
Work that Fontys · Innovation Lab helped build. Client names are not listed — the sector is, because that's where you recognise yourself.
OnderwijsVirtual Humans in de HoloboxHoe kan een Holobox met Virtual Humans kinderen empathisch ondersteunen en stimuleren bij het leren?Fontys
Overheid & beleid · Mobiliteit & transportIX Prototyping: VR over drones in de stadKunnen we het inlevingsvermogen van burgers vergroten met VR, in de discussie over drones in de stad?Fontys
Media & entertainmentVirtual Production in Pixel PlaygroundKunnen digitale ruimtes bijdragen aan dialoog en wederzijds begrip?Fontys
Expertise
11 keywords from the BRIX taxonomy, across 5 themes.
Immersive & Spatial Computing
- Virtual reality (VR)With a headset you step fully into a digital world. You no longer see your real surroundings.
- Mixed reality & spatial computingDigital objects that appear to stand in your real room. You work with them as if they were really there.
- Multi-user & social XRSeveral people in the same virtual environment at once, so they can see each other and work together.
- XR hardware & system integrationMaking headsets, sensors and computers work together as one reliable system.
AI & Intelligent Interaction
- Virtual humansDigital characters that look and respond like people, for example as a conversation partner or trainer.
- AI agents & agentic systemsAI systems that carry out tasks on their own and plan steps to reach a goal.
Simulation, Learning & Assessment
- Serious gamingGames with a serious purpose, such as learning, training or changing behaviour.
Data, Platforms & Integration
- Data engineering & repositoriesCollecting, organising and storing data, so it can be used and shared reliably.
- CybersecurityProtecting systems and data against hackers, leaks and misuse.
Human Factors, Research & Validation
- UX researchResearching what users need and how they experience an application.
- Usability testingWatching people use an application to see where they get stuck. That helps make it easier.
Services
Every way to work with Fontys · Innovation Lab, ordered by the phase where you step in. Click through for the full service, and the other labs that deliver it.
Where to find us
- Visiting address
- Achtseweg Zuid 151C, 5651 GW Eindhoven
- Phone
- 088 507 7299
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