AviSense showcases trustworthy XR mobility solutions at Smart City Expo World Congress
AviSense actively contributed to the advancement of trustworthy and human-centric autonomous mobility by presenting its latest XR-enabled perception and visualisation technologies at the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) 2025 in Barcelona. The event is widely recognised as one of the world’s most influential gatherings for urban innovation, bringing together city leaders, industry stakeholders, and researchers to shape the future of smart cities.
Demonstrating AviSense’s solutions for safer urban environments
During the exhibition, AviSense delivered a live demonstration, and more specifically an AR-powered cooperative perception solution designed to eliminate blind spots and enhance situational awareness in complex urban environments. The system showcased how real-time pedestrian detection and spatial intelligence can be shared seamlessly between infrastructure, vehicles, and XR devices using a lightweight sensing and rendering pipeline.
The demonstration highlighted how advanced perception outputs can be transformed into intuitive, explainable visual cues for operators and drivers, a core principle aligned with the AutoTRUST vision for trustworthy automated mobility.
Alignment with AutoTRUST Objectives
AviSense’s activities directly support several technical pillars of the AutoTRUST project, particularly in the areas of:
- Multimodal perception and cooperative awareness.
- Explainable AI-driven decision support.
- Human-centric HMI and XR visualisation.
- Trustworthy and privacy-aware intelligent systems.
The technologies presented build upon AviSense contributions across WP4 and WP5, where the company develops advanced monitoring capabilities, adaptive interfaces, and XR-based situational awareness mechanisms. Importantly, the live demonstrations provided valuable feedback from real stakeholders and city representatives, supporting the project’s objective of validating trustworthy AI solutions in realistic operational contexts.
From Research to Real-world Impact
The Smart City Expo participation offered a high-visibility opportunity to bridge research outcomes with real urban mobility needs. By engaging directly with municipalities, mobility operators, and innovation ecosystems, AviSense strengthened the pathway from AutoTRUST research results toward scalable smart-city deployments.
The showcased approach demonstrates how cooperative perception and AR-based explainability can:
- Improve safety for vulnerable road users.
- Enhance operator situational awareness.
- Increase user trust in automated systems.
- Support future CCAM and smart-city services.
Next steps within AutoTRUST
Building on the positive feedback received during SCEWC 2025, AviSense will continue advancing its contributions within AutoTRUST by:
- Further refining multimodal perception pipelines.
- Enhancing adaptive HMI and XR interfaces.
- Supporting cross-WP integration and validation.
- Contributing to exploitation and standardisation activities.
These efforts will help ensure that AutoTRUST innovations move closer to real-world deployment and market uptake.
