CORDIS · 101169641 · HORIZON

GAMEINDEX Politics and aesthetics of indexical representation in digital games and VR

Coordinator: UNIVERZITA KARLOVA (CZ)

Many contemporary digital games and VR experiences – including the Assassin’s Creed series of historical games – claim to provide realistic representations of places or people. But how is this realism achieved and which places and people get included? To answer this question, GAMEINDEX focuses on indexical representations – traces of real-life objects or people in the simulated worlds of digital games and VR. Such indices include 3D scans of buildings or the likenesses and performances of actors who provide motion capture data. GAMEINDEX will investigate indexical representation in digital ga…

EU contribution
€1.8M
Total cost
€1.8M
Period
2025-10-01 → 2030-09-30
Framework
Horizon Europe (2021–2027)
Funding scheme
HORIZON-ERC
Call
ERC-2024-COG
Status
SIGNED

About Horizon Europe (2021–2027)

Horizon Europe is the EU's current research and innovation programme, covering 2021 to 2027 with a budget of roughly €95.5 billion. Its three pillars are Excellent Science (frontier research and mobility), Global Challenges and European Industrial Competitiveness (mission-driven collaborative projects in health, climate, digital, security and food) and Innovative Europe (the EIC and EIT). It also funds five EU Missions targeting cancer, climate adaptation, smart cities, oceans and soils.

EU contribution: €1.8M awarded to the consortium. The project runs over approximately 5 years from 2025-10-01 to 2030-09-30.

Full record on CORDIS — partners, deliverables, publications, news.

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Frequently asked questions

Who funds this research project?
This project is funded by the European Union through the Horizon Europe (2021–2027) programme, under the HORIZON-ERC funding scheme.
What is the EU contribution?
The European Commission contributes €1.8M toward a total project budget of €1.8M.
Which EU programme funds it?
The project is funded under Horizon Europe (2021–2027), call ERC-2024-COG.
Who coordinates the project?
The project is coordinated by UNIVERZITA KARLOVA (CZ).
What is the project timeline?
The project runs from 2025-10-01 to 2030-09-30 — approximately 5 years.
Where can I find the full project record?
The complete record — partners, deliverables, publications and news — is published on CORDIS under project ID 101169641.