Hosted by the Immersive Sustainability Lab at Helsinki XR Center, the City Digital Twins Summit connects cities, industry, and research to build smarter, more sustainable futures.
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Match XR 2025: AI-Driven XR Shaping the Future on November 18th
Ready to dive into live XR demos, curated matchmaking, and visionary talks? The biggest one-day emerging tech event in Nordics takes over the Arabia Creative Campus on Nov 18, 2025!
HXRC Team: Inside VCC and Yle’s Immersive Spatial Journalism Project ‘Shadows of the Stabilisation Point’
Take a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the immersive war documentary project ‘Shadows of the Stabilisation Point’.
AI Afterwork: Humanoid Robot Meet & Greet on November 4th, 2025
Meet your future robot co-worker! Join Helsinki XR Center, FAIR EDIH, and Probot for a G1 Unitree humanoid robot showcase on November 4th!
HXRC Team: Data Visualisation in Urban Setting part 2 – Leppävaara Expansion
Our Data Visualisation in Urban Setting series continues with a new edition! Trainees Tino Behnen and Sonja Sillanpää share their work on visualising the Leppävaara central area using a 3D web application originally built for the Myllypuro Campus digital twin. Read more to find out how what new additions Tino and Sonja brought to the app!
Project Virtual Nature – Supporting the Digitalization of Finnish Nature Tourism Through Immersive Technologies
Discover how Finland’s nature tourism sector is embracing digital transformation with the help of emerging technologies!
HXRC Team: Designing a User-Friendly Factory Layout Tool in VR
Get ready to explore how virtual reality is transforming factory layout planning! In project AAXLP, our HXRC team share their hands-on experience building an immersive, user-friendly VR tool for designing factory layouts in real scale.
Beyond the Digital Twin: Helsinki XR Center’s Human-Centered Vision Sparks Conversation in Japan
The Nordic Metaverse Day brought together Nordic and Japanese experts to explore the roles of XR and AI in urban city planning and defense at the Osaka World Expo 2025. Our XR Experts Narmeen Marji and Erson Halili, together with Päivi Keränen from Smart and Creative City innovation hub, took part in the event and presented the Immersive Sustainability Lab — a new platform for XR-driven sustainability. Their human-centered keynote highlighted the importance of imagination and sustainable urban living!
HXRC Team: Gamifying Dental Calculus Cleaning – Interactive VR Tool for Learning About Teeth and Dental Instruments
Ready to brush up on your dental knowledge in a whole new way? In this blog post we explore Project STAI Health and the development process of a VR training tool designed to help dental health care students to learn more about tooth anatomy and get hands-on with dental calculus instruments, all in a virtual environment.
HXRC Team: Remote Upper Limb Rehabilitation with Virtual and Mixed Reality – Transforming Traditional Physiotherapy
In this blog post, we explore how the GameRAT team is taking the upper limb rehabilitation to the next level by using XR technology! Join us as we dive into the challenges and innovations behind one of the largest projects at the Helsinki XR Center.
HXRC Team: Data Visualisation in Urban Setting
Follow along the development process of HXRC trainee Irina Konovalova’s 3D web application that visualizes Metropolia University of Applied Sciences’ campus buildings and their surroundings using real-time city data and interactive indoor mapping.
HXRC Team: Encapsulating the Magic of Finnish Nature within VR
Explore the beauty of Finnish nature from anywhere! Our trainees, Jenna and Samu, took part in creating an immersive VR experience set in Nuuksio National Park, where users can take a peaceful rowboat ride, visit a wildlife-filled campsite, and learn about Finland’s unique flora.