This project brings together four disciplines:

1. History and Museology
2. Computer Science
3. Information and Communication Sciences
4. Cognitive Ergonomics

Heudiasyc UMR7253 (Heuristique et Diagnostic des Systèmes Complexes Lab.) is a joint research unit between the UTC and CNRS, operating in the field of information and digital sciences. The project team has skills in Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality and Human-Computer Interaction.

Team Members:

• Project Leader: Domitile Lourdeaux: Full Professor, expertise in AI and VR.
• Team:
  • Sébastien Destercke: CNRS Research Director, expertise in AI.
  • Dominique Lenne: Professor Emeritus, expertise in HCI.
  • Insaf Setitra: Assistant Professor, expertise in AI.
  • Robin Monje: AI PhD.
  • Danny Kieken: VR Engineer.

Heudiasyc UMR7253 is in charge of two Work Packages:

1. Conception of interactive and computational narratives
   • A formal dynamic users’ profile and preferences for the personalization of experiences (in collaboration with Emissive/Excurio).
   • AI-based orchestration engine for computational narratives.
2. Creation of the interaction, immersion, and MR environments

Borelli is a joint research unit between ENS Paris Saclay and Université Paris Cité. The unit has skills in Human Factors Engineering (HFE) and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI) in the field of emerging technologies.

Team Members:

• Julien Nelson: Assistant Professor in HFE, expertise in VR.
• Lise Haddouk: Assistant Professor HDR, clinical psychologist, interested in emotional reactions with emerging technologies.
• Clément Mager: HFE PhD.

Borelli is in charge of the Work Package:

• Evaluation of the User Experience

CHS (Centre d’histoire sociale des mondes contemporains Lab.) is a joint research unit between CNRS and Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne (UMR 8058). It is dedicated to shedding light on the social, cultural, and political history of urban societies and social movements.

Team Members:

• Fabien Théofilakis: Assistant Professor, working on WWII and its memory in Western Europe.
• Alexandre Millet: Postdoctoral researcher, specialist on the French prisoners of war at the Rawa-Ruska camp.

CHS is in charge of the Work Package:

• Writing a new history of internment and deportation.

COSTECH (Connaissance Organisation et Systèmes TECHniques Lab.) is a laboratory of the UTC. It is a multidisciplinary laboratory bringing together researchers working on Human / Technical / Society relations.

Team Members:

• Serge Bouchardon: Full Professor, expertise in Information and Communication Sciences, conducts research on digital creation, in digital literature/writing.
• Bruno Bachimont: Full Professor, Philosopher and computer scientist, specialized in logic, documentary computing, and digital philosophy.
• Robin Monje: AI PhD

COSTECH is in charge of the Task:

• Interactive narratives, focusing on narratological questions raised in the issue of historical empathy.

The Mémorial de l’internement et de la déportation – Camp de Royallieu is one of the most emblematic places in France in the German occupying army’s policy of persecution and repression.

Team Members:

• Aurélien Gnat: Historian, art history specialist, director.
• Gabrielle Perissi: Heritage and historical archives specialist, assistant director.
• Julia Maitre: Collections manager.

The Mémorial de l’internement et de la déportation – Camp de Royallieu is involved in all the work packages.

Emissive** (Excurio) is a company that creates immersive VR experiences. They notably work on cultural projects (Khéops VR, The Enemy inside the heads of combatants in conflict zones, one-on-one with the Mona Lisa). MR and personalization are new challenges for them.

Team Members:

• Emmanuel Guerriero: Director.
• Jérémy Boistière: Project Manager.

Emissive** (Excurio) is involved in Work Packages:

• Conception of interactive and computational narratives
  • Formal dynamic users’ profile and preferences for the personalization of experiences.
• Creation of the interaction, immersion, and MR environments
  • 3D modelling and deployment at the Memorial

Many students and interns from different institutions contributed to the project. Special thanks to:

Université Paris 1, Panthéon-Sorbonne

• Julie Sidrot (Master 2 History of Heritage and Museums)

UTC (Université de technologie de Compiègne), Computer Science Department

• Dimitri Nicolas, Fanny Gondouin, Jinane Ben Salem, Théo Kokel, Armand Guichard, Sarah Frémann, Anaïs Bourguignon, Zukuan JING, Evann Ambroisine, Julien Pillis, Nicola Milani, Mattéo Nevi, Julie Guillermet, Aria Hugot, Marie-Herminie Blondy, Rosalie Jardri, Pauline Audras, Chloé Martin, Macéo Anger, Julien Pontoire, Hilary Sangare, Louis Ruble, Quentin Valakou, Alix Aubert, Anatole Stankovic, Amal Soufi, Cyrine Chemli, Pepe Emmanuel Lamah,Yiyang Huang, Paul Sidrot (ECE).

Université Paris Cité, Ergonomics Master

• Mary-Lou Rigal Boivert, Antoniy Ivanov, Malak Taha, Max Francopoulo, Térence Czarny-Loir, Elvire Debroise