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Connecting people through dance: ENU-developed tech heads to world’s biggest gaming conference
Aug 21, 2024

Source	Edinburgh Napier News
Summary	Immersive game Carousel Dancing aims to combat loneliness through fun. The Edinburgh Napier University (ENU) team behind new immersive gaming technology, which aims to tackle loneliness and social isolation through dance, are showcasing it at the world’s biggest video games event. Carousel Dancing is a revolutionary dance game which allows players in different locations to interact in virtual reality using digital dance avatars and artificial intelligence (AI). It will feature new technology, called DanceGraph, which is being developed and patented by ENU.
Linked Funders	EC European Commission
People	Kenny Mitchell
Outputs	DanceGraph: A Complementary Architecture for Synchronous Dancing Online NeFT-Net: N-window Extended Frequency Transformer for Rhythmic Motion Prediction DeFT-Net: Dual-Window Extended Frequency Transformer for Rhythmic Motion Prediction Design Considerations of Voice Articulated Generative AI Virtual Reality Dance Environments
Org Units	School of Computing School of Computing Engineering and the Built Environment
Projects	CAROUSEL+ Telepresent Dance Reducing Social Distancing
Research Areas	Interactive graphics and simulation
Themes	AI and Technologies Culture and Communities Health
Research Centres/Groups	Centre for Artificial Intelligence and Robotic Centre for Algorithms, Visualisation and Evolving Systems
URL	https://www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/news/carousel-gamescom-dancegraph
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