Virtual museums and serious games

Within the V-MOVE program, the Virtualware in Spain is offering a position for an intern in the field of Simulators and Serious Games. Interested researchers and professionals may apply through the Call4Mobility.

Name of the hosting institution:

Virtualware

Brief description of the unit hosting the internship:

www.virtualware.es is a Spanish SME involved in spreading the use of Virtual Reality (VR) solutions in tourism promotion & cultural heritage.

www.virtualware.es has a strong background in Virtual Reality (VR), 3D interactive applications, simulators and serious games.

Virtualware is very in very active working in relationship with other institutions all along Europe.

Max number of internships/year: 2

Areas of host institution’s expertise for internship proposals:

Virtual Reality (VR)
3D interactive applications
Simulators and Serious Games

Benefit to host:

Improve knowledge of archaeological / historical background of 3D reconstructions.

Internship profile:

Profile a) An engineer in Computer Science

Profile b) An archaeologist

Profile c) A historian

Essential

Good knowledge of Spanish, English or French.

And

Knowledge or interest in one or more of the following:

The Cultural Heritage sector
Cultural Heritage market requirement & solutions
Digital Tools for virtual reconstruction,
3D and 3D software development (e.g., Unity3D, OpenGL,)
Web interfaces (html, php, webGL) and databases

Preferred period:

June 2012 – December 2014

Min/max duration:

Fixed duration of 12 weeks; 24 weeks; or 52 weeks in 2012, 2013 or 2014

Facilities and Supervision:

The intern will be hosted by the R&D department of a highly-innovative SME, working with cutting-edge technologies and team of young, highly-motivated and open-minded researchers exploring how to apply the most innovative visual and interactive technologies to the market.