SMART-EAT

A healthy and sustainable diet is not that easy for children and young people - supermarkets, fast food chains and canteens often make it difficult for them to choose.

SMART-EAT simulates classic situations, such as shopping in a supermarket, in virtual and augmented reality (VR/AR) and supports pupils in their food choices in a playful way. This innovative form of teaching skills is also to be anchored in teacher training.

News from the pro­ject

Wie können digitale Anwendungen besser auf ihre Umgebung reagieren? Welche Aufgaben kann KI bei der Entwicklung virtueller Welten übernehmen? Und lassen sich Probleme in VR-Anwendungen erkennen, bevor echte Nutzer*innen sie erleben? Mit diesen Fragen war das Forschungsprojekt SMART-EAT vom 24. bis 27. Juni 2026 auf der EICS 2026 (18th ACM SIGCHI Symposium on Engineering Interactive Computing Systems) in Patras, Griechenland, vertreten. Drei…

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Im Rahmen des Symposiums der Fachgruppen Gemeinschaftsverpflegung und Public Health Nutrition zum Thema “KI in Public Health Nutrition und Gemeinschaftsverpflegung: Potenziale, Grenzen und praktische Anwendungen, präsentierten Carina Micheel, Corinna Ostwinkelt, Dennis Wüppelmann, Sarah Krings und Prof. Dr. Anette Buyken eine erste Iteration des VR-Supermarkts.

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SMART-EAT project team (from left to right): Prof. Dr Anette Buyken (UPB), Dennis Wüppelmann (UPB), Sarah Claudia Krings (UPB), Prof. Dr Niclas Schaper (UPB), Dr Enes Yigitbas (UPB), Prof. Dr Stefan Sauer (UPB), Sarah Depenbusch (UPB), Christian Tismer (Nurogames), Holger Kürten (Nurogames)

At the end of November, the SMART-EAT project team met for a requirements workshop to discuss together which ways of immersive nutrition education should be explored in greater depth within the project. The meeting consisted of various keynote speeches, time for dialogue and discussion as well as short hands-on experiences to shed light on different immersive technologies.

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On 12 November, the SMART-EAT project was represented at the MEDICA trade fair for medical technology and healthcare in Düsseldorf

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About SMART-EAT

The goals, challenges and approach of SMART-EAT

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Pro­ject team

The team behind the project

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Part­ner

Nurogames GmbH

Co-operation partner

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Enes Yigitbas

Coordinator - R&D Manager - Hu­man-Cen­te­red Di­gi­ta­li­ty

Office: ZM2.A.03.05
Phone: +49 5251 60-6826
E-mail: enes.yigitbas@uni-paderborn.de

Key Facts

Duration: 08/2024 - 07/2027
Funding volume: 1.7 million euros

Spon­sors

This project is sponsored by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia as part of the ERDF innovation competition Gesünder.IN.NRW.