HINTS: Human-Centered Intelligent Realities

Blekinge Tekniska Högskola

BTH Research project co-funded by the Knowledge Foundation Research Profiles programme.

 

The overall objective of the HINTS project is to develop concepts, principles, methods, algorithms, and tools for human-centered intelligent realities, in co-production with industrial partners and society, in order to lead the way for future immersive, user-aware, and smart interactive digital environments.

News from
HINTS

  • Paper accepted at NeSy 2025

    Conference Publications We are happy to announce a recent conference publication accepted in HINTS to appear at:
  • Two papers accepted at GRIVAPP 2025

    Publications Our two Master of Science in Engineering: Game Engineering students from BTH, partly funded within the HINTS profile, reworked their thesis into publications, and both have been accepted to GRIVAPP:
  • ICAT-EGVE 2025 at BTH

    Conference From the 3rd to the 5th of December 2025, the Department of Computer Science (DIDA) at Blekinge Institute of Technology hosted ICAT-EGVE 2025, the joint 35th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence & the 30th Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments.

Partner Testimonials

"With virtual reality as a product, we have the vision to provide a more meaningful life for people needing healthcare and long-term care. Being a part of HINTS will give us better insights and knowledge of how our end users interact with our products and virtual reality. We strongly think our participation in HINTS will take us closer to our vision."

Ivan Perlesi (CEO), Virotea

Being a VR Game Developer, HINTS will help Blackdrop Interactive push the standard for VR experiences and develop a better understanding for how to interface people with virtual worlds.

Max Danielsson (CEO), Blackdrop Interactive

For HealthyGaming, BTH has been a great partner and with HINTS, a highly relevant project to the core of our business given that we are a company established to help individuals navigate problems in gaming and digital adjacent environments, this takes our collaboration and solutions to the next level. With high relevance, applicability and importance to advance smart, responsible and user-aware interactive digital environments, this will significantly strengthen our technologies in both preventions and interventions.

Christoffer Johansson (Founder & CEO), HealthyGaming

Ericsson believes that 5G is a key enabler to reach the full potential and monetize on XR technologies and use cases. Thus, we have high hopes for this new collaboration with BTH and we will assign top professionals from Lund, Karlskrona, and Stockholm to participate in this profile.

Helena Olá (Site Manager), Ericsson, Karlskrona

At Synteda Group, we develop advanced AI and computer vision technologies that enable organizations to interpret complex visual data and turn it into meaningful, actionable insights. Through our participation in HINTS, we gain valuable insights into how users perceive, trust, and engage with computer-vision–based interfaces and visual analytics. These learnings directly strengthen our work. HINTS offers a unique opportunity to help shape the next generation of user-aware, human-centered visual AI solutions, and we are proud to contribute to this forward-looking initiative.

Maycel Isaac (Founder & CEO), Synteda Group

NODA works in the field of thermal AI together with energy companies, building owners, and industrial solution providers. We see an increasing need to engage and empower stakeholders within energy systems, including end users and consumers. For us, HINTS is a way to gain further understanding and insights into how advances in computer-aided visualisation can support this. We strongly support the HINTS project and look forward to paving the way for smarter interactive digital environments.

Christian Johansson (CEO), NODA Intelligent Systems