SBIR/STTR Research Award
Handheld Apps for Cross-Cultural Training
Award amount
$98,968Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2010Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
- Recipient company
- VCOM3D INC
- Proposal award date
- 2010-11-05
- Contract end date
- 2011-06-30
- UEI
- P7MYG7JPFPZ2
- Solicitation number
- 2010.2
- Topic code
- SB102-002
Research abstract
For this SBIR project, Vcom3D proposes to develop a mobile app that provides both training and a performance aid for interacting with a foreign culture. The app will provide experiential learning in the form of immersion into a 3D interactive scenario, in which the user can observe, meet, build a rapport with, and negotiate with persons of a non-Western culture. We propose to develop an application for West African culture. However, by creating a modular architecture, we will provide a run-time framework and authoring tools that can be used to develop instructional content for any culture. Very importantly, the app will use Vcom3D's Plug-and-Play Communicating Avatar (PPCA) architecture for cross-platform compatibility with Android, iPhone/iPod, and PC.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
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- Extreme Cold Simulation Training Environment for Medic Education (ECSTREME)
- Mixed Reality Trainer for Female Combat Casualty Care (MRT-FC3)
- Extreme Cold Simulation Training Environment for Medic Education (ECSTREME)
- Mixed Reality Trainer for Female Combat Casualty Care (MRT-FC3)
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Research funding history
67 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1997–2025). Reported award amounts total $20,904,646. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, Department of Education, National Science Foundation, Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Commerce, National Aeronautics and Space Administration