23-10-2025
News
The VR Health Champions project marked a significant milestone with its first General Assembly, held on the 26th and 27th of March 2025 in Trento, Italy. Eighteen partners from eight European countries convened to assess the project’s progress over six months and strategy for the future.
Hosted by Fondazione Bruno Kessler, the assembly provided a valuable platform for in-person discussions and collaborative planning. Participants reviewed achievements, established a roadmap for the next six months, and updated risk and mitigation strategies. A key focus was understanding the interconnections between various work packages to ensure a cohesive approach to advancing the project’s objectives.
“The recent General Assembly in Trento was pivotal for the VR Health Champions project,” stated Cristiana Costa, Project Coordinator from Instituto Pedro Nunes. “It enabled us to optimise our plans in response to emerging challenges, ensuring the achievement of upcoming milestones. Ultimately, this will allow us to customise innovation support services for other SMEs in the healthcare VR/AR sector.”
As part of this goal and to support activities aimed at creating a gateway to real impact in the fast-growing healthcare XR sector, one of the project’s upcoming milestones is the Cascade Call, set to launch in April.
Viola Keresztes, Project manager from EIT Health InnoStars, highlighted the project’s growing interest within the industry: “We are receiving numerous enquiries from companies eager to join the initiative. The forthcoming Cascade Call will allow potential partners to collaborate with us and support our five flagship SMEs—Lightspace, MEEVA, MedApp, Metaskills, and Virtuleap—leading this transformation.”
The Cascade Call will be officially announced in April. If you are a Small or Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) with expertise in XR healthcare development, this is your opportunity to contribute directly to pioneering solutions alongside top-tier innovators.
Whether your expertise lies in integrating advanced sensor technologies for AR headsets, designing AI-driven virtual agents for therapeutic applications, conducting market entry research for VR-based medical training, developing XR-specific clinical risk frameworks, or preparing regulatory documentation for CE-marking of VR tools, the VRHC Open Call 2025 offers a unique chance to deliver high-impact solutions to real industry challenges. Participants will work directly with leading healthcare XR innovators actively seeking expertise in this field.
More information will be available soon.
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