Virtual reality (VR), augmented reality (AR) and eXtended (XR) laboratory. State-of-the-art telematics network

i2CAT has a state-of-the-art Virtual Reality (VR), Augmented Reality (AR) and eXtended (XR) laboratory, recently installed in the Naples building (Vilanova i la Geltrú). This laboratory not only includes the appropriate equipment and infrastructure to carry out research and innovation in the areas mentioned, but also to prepare demonstrators and pilots, including potential developments by external agents and / or collaborators, as well as to contribute with reference resources that they allow the constitution of a (co-) VR / XR laboratory distributed and connected at national and international level. The laboratory is complemented by the availability of innovative scientific contributions in the field of XR software, services and applications, always in a continuous process of extension and improvement. Highlights include platforms to make VR experiences accessible, to increase TV services with VR content and multi-device environments, XR applications in the field of culture and, especially, multi-user volumetric holo-communications services, applicable to different sectors XR. Finally, the laboratory is an ideal framework for research, as well as validating and demonstrating solutions in the areas of Computer Vision, Cloud Computing, next-generation networks and Artificial Intelligence (AI), focused on XR solutions. I2cat's VR Lab stands out not only for the availability of state-of-the-art, complete and varied equipment and infrastructure in the VR / AR / XR areas, but also for the availability of connectivity infrastructure using state-of-the-art technologies, including communications 5G. These resources also become a framework for research and innovation to apply new solutions in the fields of Computer Vision, Cloud Computing and AI, applied in XR services and applications. However, the differential resource of this lab is the availability of experts in each of the areas mentioned, whether at the level of research, engineering and / or innovation management, who have participated and led the development of platforms, innovative and disruptive services and applications, as well as national and international projects in these areas. In addition, it should be emphasized that this is not a closed and isolated VR Lab, but stands out for its connectivity with other remote locations (i2cat offices, Hospital de Sant Pau, University of Valencia, and research centers in the Netherlands and Greece). This facilitates its use in a multitude of different initiatives, including the demonstration and validation of distributed services and applications.