European industry, academia and startups uniting to become a leading force in the Virtual Worlds
Our topics
We collaborate on improving and promoting immersive technologies, extended reality, digital twins, virtual collaborative spaces, interoperability, and digital skills.
Team
Alejandra del Valle
Secretary General
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Matthieu Worm
President
Leif Oppermann
Vice-President
Laszlo Arnould
Vice-President
Francisco Ibanez
Treasurer
Maud Marchal
Scientific Committee Lead
Julien Castet
Communication Lead
Spiros Nikolopoulos
IT Lead
Mike Matton
IT Lead
Frank Feinbube
Marco Sacco
Bert Pluymers
Mariano Luis Alcaniz Raya
Krzysztof Walczak
Eric Menou
Stefan Van Baelen
Didier Stricker
Kaj Helin
Ruben Lieten
The VWA is the latest item in the EC strategy on virtual worlds
Political Priority
of the European Commission
The European Commission is launching a series of initiatives targeting citizens, universities, and businesses on virtual worlds.
EU Strategy
The European Commission has voted and adopted an ambitious and robust strategy on virtual worlds to ensure an open, secure, trustworthy, fair and inclusive digital environment
A Public-Private Cooperation for Research and Industry
The VWA acts as the European Commission’s partner to turn its innovation and industry vision into reality. We bring together the full value chain and drive synergies around the Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda.
EU Objectives
Global Influence
Encouraging adoption of global standards for open and interoperable VW in line with the EU's vision and values.
Business
Supporting a European industrial ecosystem to scale up excellence and address fragmentation.
Public use of VW
Encourage societal progress and virtual public services to leverage the opportunities
Talents growth
Empowering people to foster awareness, access to trustworthy information and build a talent pool specialists.