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.
  • Anatole Stankovic: VR PhD.

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, Elvire Debroise

Université Paris Cité, Ergonomics Master

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