The Inmersive Communications Laboratory part of the Mobile Communications Group (MCG) welcomed visits from up to 120 students enrolled in various undergraduate and master’s degree programs at UPV, as well as students from the Bachelor’s Degree in Business Engineering and Management at the EDEM Business School. In addition, Elisa Guillem de la Cruz, Councillor for Energy Transition, Industry and Culture of the Alcoy City Council, together with her team, had the opportunity to learn firsthand about the laboratory’s capabilities and the opportunities it offers for the development of institutional and business projects based on advanced technologies, aimed at exploring opportunities in the technology sector.
The Immersive Communications Laboratory is a unique facility in the city of València, where students can experiment with and work on the most advanced immersive communications technologies even before completing their studies. Its infrastructures include an immersive digital production studio, extended reality (XR) environments, collaborative robotics systems, and the first private 5G network deployed at a public university in Spain.
Beyond its role in teaching and training, the laboratory serves as an open technological testbed for institutions and companies seeking to test solutions or prototypes in a secure environment, with the support of UPV’s research team and student talent.
During the visits, attendees had the opportunity to take part in various interactive demonstrations designed by the laboratory team, including Mixed Reality, holography, and telepresence experiences, providing a direct immersion into the future of communications.
These activities reinforce the commitment of iTEAM and the Mobile Communications Group to teaching innovation, knowledge transfer, and collaboration with the business and institutional ecosystem of the Valencian Community.
The laboratory is part of the Digital Infrastructure Universalization for Cohesion Program (UNICO) within the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan, funded by the Ministry for Digital Transformation and the Civil Service with European Union – NextGenerationEU funds (TSI-063000-2021-109, TSI-063000-2021-110, TSI-063000-2021-111, TSI-063000-2021-112, TSI-063000-2021-113, TSI-063000-2021-114).