Virtual Worlds Partnership

Partnership Europe brings together industry and research in a Virtual Worlds Partnership to accelerate innovation, develop skills and advance immersive applications across sectors.

explore our actions

Public

- Funding research
- Propose an EU strategy for VW
- Support EU industrial ecosystem
- Empower EU talent growth
- Encourage adoption of global standards in line with EU vision & values
- Encourage public use of VW

Private

- Steering R&D Agenda (SRIA)
- Facilitate Public/Private dialogue
- Connect the Ecosystem
- Bring visibility to EU Players

The Virtual Worlds Association acts as a structured interface between the Virtual Worlds community and European public institutions. It supports the co-programmed Virtual Worlds Partnership under Horizon Europe, to represent the partners other than the Union.

Federate

Federate the European community working on Virtual Worlds technologies and applications.

Strategise

Contribute to strategy, including the Strategic Research & Innovation Agenda (SRIA).

Collaborate

Enable collaboration through projects, pilots and multi-partner initiatives.

Drive adoption

Accelerate adoption, bridging research results to real-world markets and users.

Sovereignty

Added value for tenders. Adoption of sovereign solutions.

Regulation

Interoperability Standards. Open Ecosystem.

Funding

Shape Horizon Europe Calls. Promote consortiums (Large, SMEs & Academia).

Policy

VWA as policy-influence channel. Best Practice Exchange Citizen-centric Innovation.

Matthieu Worm

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VWA President

Leif Oppermann

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VWA Vice-President

Laszlo Arnould

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VWA Vice-President

Alejandra del Valle

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VWA Secretary General

Marco Sacco

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Substitute member

Kaj Helin

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Substitute member

Eric Menou

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Substitute member

Bert Pluymers

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Substitute member

Julien Castet

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Substitute member
2022
Political Priority of the European Commission

The European Commission is launching a series of initiatives targeting citizens, universities, and businesses on virtual worlds.

2023
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.

2024-2025
A Public-Private Cooperation for Research and Industry

The Virtual Worlds Association 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.

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.