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This November, we had the pleasure of participating in the 15th International Conference on the Internet of Things (IoT 2025) in Vienna.
Katarina Vuknić, a member of FER IoTLab and DIGIPHY, presented the paper “Hybrid IoT Platform Architectures for Flexible and Longstanding Deployments” (link to the paper), co-authored with Mario Kušek and Ivana Podnar Žarko, at the 2nd International Workshop on Longevity in IoT Systems.
During the conference, we engaged in discussions on the longevity of IoT solutions and environments, and attended numerous insightful presentations on topics such as Digital Twins and Predictive Systems, Edge AI, Distributed Intelligence, and more.
Two weeks ago, Inventorium Day 2025 took place at ENT - Ericsson Nikola Tesla, highlighting the joint research and innovation efforts of ENT and FER.
The event was opened by Dr. Siniša Krajnović, President of the ENT Management Board, Prof. Vedran Bilas, Dean of FER, and Dr. Andrej Grgurić, Director of Research at ENT. They emphasized more than six decades of collaboration between the two institutions and the strategic importance of Inventorium as a hub for developing cutting-edge technologies and innovative solutions.
Throughout the program, visitors explored prototypes and research outcomes in areas such as 5G networks, IoT, XR, intelligent systems, data science, and AI, including several demonstrations from the DIGIPHY project - a collaboration between FER (MUEXlab and IoTLab), ENT, and Delta Reality.
Members of MUEXlab and DIGIPHY - Lea Brzica, Filip Matanović, and Mirta Moslavac - showcased our immersive multi-user XR chess application developed within the DIGIPHY project at the University of Zagreb Fair, held from November 13–15. It was great to see so much interest from future students! Learn more about the demonstrated app here on the link.
During the period between July and September, the ENT Summer Camp — a five-week workshop bridging academia and industry — brought together 43 students from Croatia and abroad. Guided by experienced mentors from Ericsson Nikola Tesla, the participants developed 15 innovative projects tackling real-world challenges with cutting-edge technologies such as AI, XR, Big Data, and more.
Several projects also put into practice concepts from the DIGIPHY project, a collaboration between FER, ENT - Ericsson Nikola Tesla, and Delta Reality. These included applications of dynamic digital twins and XR interaction in smart environments, demonstrating the power of close collaboration between research and industry in driving innovation.
This year, at the 17th International Conference on Quality of Multimedia Experience (QoMEX 2025) in beautiful Madrid, we had the opportunity to enjoy an exciting mix of insightful talks, posters, demos, and inspiring keynotes and to connect with many amazing people in the field. In addition to the main program, the last day of the conference featured an inspiring workshop and a visit to the Fundación Juan XXIII, where we were able to reflect on user diversity and the ways in which we address QoE and UX research.
We were also proud to present three papers as part of the program:
- “QoE and Task Performance Assessment of Mobile Robot Teleoperation via a VR-based Interface”— presented by Lea Brzica, co-authored by Mateo Paladin, Lea Brzica, Filip Matanović, Damir Kljajić, and Lea Skorin-Kapov
- "Extending Beyond AGI: Designing a Tag-Based System for Filtering XR Content According to Comfort, Accessibility, and Safety Features" — presented by Sara Srebot, during the poster session, co-authored by Sara Srebot, Eugen Preglej, Mirta Moslavac, and Lea Skorin-Kapov
- “From System to Socials: Rethinking QoE-Centric Telecom XR Standardisation Efforts for Social XR” — presented by Mirta Moslavac during the poster session, co-authored by Mirta Moslavac, Sara Srebot, and Lea Skorin-Kapov
This work was carried out within the DIGIPHY project, a collaboration between FER, ENT - Ericsson Nikola Tesla, and Delta Reality.
Additionally, we would like to acknowledge the contributions of Prof. Lea Skorin-Kapov and Sara Srebot, PhD for co-organising and chairing their respective special sessions at the conference — QoE-aware Management, Architectures and Models in the Networks of the Future and Ensuring Comfort, Accessibility, and Safety in Extended Reality.
We also extend our gratitude to Prof. Lea Skorin-Kapov for her valuable contributions to the organising committee and for serving as Vice Chair of the Steering Committee. And of course — huge thanks to general chairs Narciso García and Pablo Pérez, and all of the organisers for putting together such a great event!
We are pleased to share that MUEXlab members participated in the 33rd International Conference on Software, Telecommunications and Computer Networks (SoftCOM 2025), where our team presented the DIGIPHY project.
As part of the event, a cross-reality chess demo was showcased by Mirta Moslavac and Lea Brzica, with preparation and development contributions from Filip Matanović and Lea.
Special thanks to the University of Split Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture for the invitation and excellent organisation!
Great pleasure to have professor Francisco Flórez Revuelta from the University of Alicante visit us last week to discuss and exchange ideas about the DIGIPHY project.
Big thanks to prof. Flórez Revuelta for sharing his group’s exciting work on ambient intelligence for Active and Healthy Ageing, which is of particular interest to DIGIPHY in the context of researching XR privacy and ethical aspects. Always valuable to get fresh prespectives and critical feedback. Looking forward to future collaborations!
We’re excited to share that members of MUEXlab participated in the Ericsson Nikola Tesla Tech Days — a fantastic event showcasing cutting-edge technology and innovation.
As part of the program, several elements of the DIGIPHY project were presented, including:
- a cross-reality chess demo (presented by our members Filip Matanović and Lea Brzica),
- a mobile robot teleoperation via a VR-based interface, and
- real-time visualization of Gaussian Splatting in VR using a standard webcam.
Huge thanks to Ericsson Nikola Tesla for the invitation and great organization!
Team members Lea Skorin-Kapov and Ivana Podnar Žarko presented the DIGIPHY project at the 2025 EuCNC & 6G Summit held last week in Poznań, Poland.
It was a great opportunity for networking and discussing the fusion of XR, edge intelligence, and IoT to develop new interaction experiences for human-to-smart space environments.
In April 2025, the Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica (CWI) in Amsterdam hosted the 3rd edition of the Spring School on Social XR. This four-day event, held from April 7th to 10th, brought PhD students and researchers together to explore the latest advances in the field of Social XR. Our PhD student, Lea Brzica, attended the school and presented a poster titled "Analysis of User Experience and Task Performance in a Multi-User Cross-Reality Virtual Object Manipulation Task".
Members of MUEXlab, Filip Matanović and Lea Brzica, participated in the 17th edition of the international workshop on Immersive Mixed and Virtual Environment Systems (MMVE), held in Stellenbosch, South Africa, from March 31st to April 3rd, 2025. The workshop was co-located with the 16th ACM Multimedia Systems Conference (ACM MMSys 2025).
At MMVE 2025, Lea Brzica presented a paper titled "Analysis of User Experience and Task Performance in a Multi-User Cross-Reality Virtual Object Manipulation Task," co-authored by Lea Brzica, Filip Matanović, Sara Vlahović, Nina Pavlin Bernardić, and Lea Skorin-Kapov.
In March 2025, MUEXLab member Mirta Moslavac participated in the Social Interaction and Collaboration in eXtended Reality (SIC-XR) Workshop as a part of the 32nd IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (IEEE VR) held in Saint-Malo, France.
During the workshop, Mirta Moslavac presented a position paper titled "Towards the Unified Definition of Social XR", co-authored by Sara Vlahović and Lea Skorin-Kapov.
In December our lab members had the great opportunity to showcase DIGIPHY project demos in the scope of Inventorium Day, organized by Ericsson Nikola Tesla. The event brought together researchers from Ericsson Nikola Tesla, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing, and Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval Architecture with the goal being to showcase internal and collaborative research activities and to foster future joint innovative ideas.
The DIGIPHY project (XR Communication and Interaction Through a Dynamically Updated Digital Twin of a Smart Space) aims to enable XR inter-personal communication and interaction, as well as the remote presence and interaction of persons and objects in the visual representation of a dynamically updated DT, spatially and temporally synchronized with a physical smart space. Project partners include the University of Zagreb - FER (coordinator), Ericsson Nikola Tesla, and Delta Reality.
Professor Lea Skorin-Kapov briefly presented the overall project aims, while team members Lea Brzica and Filip Matanović showcased ongoing work related to exploring QoE for a cross-reality chess game. Damir Kljajić and Mateo Paladin demonstrated mobile robot teleoperation via 5G and using a VR-based representation of a DT.
Activities are well under way in the MUEXlab and IoTlab in the scope of the project DIGIPHY - XR Communication and Interaction Through a Dynamically Updated Digital Twin of a Smart Space, funded by the EU via the National Recovery and Resilience Plan (NPOO 2021-2026). Project partners include the University of Zagreb Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computing (coordinator), Ericsson Nikola Tesla, and Diversitas IT Sustavi. The project will run from 02/2024 – 06/2026. Welcome to new MUEXlab team members Lea Brzica and Filip Matanović who have joined the project! More updates to follow soon!