SamenSterk
SamenSterk is a collective crisis role-play in Mixed Reality. Teams of 4 participants experience a crisis situation together, such as 72 hours without tap water. During the game, they need to come up with solutions and weigh different interests against each other, such as health, social wellbeing and safety. The experience makes crisis preparedness active and collaborative. By making decisions together and experiencing their consequences, participants discover what a crisis demands of themselves and those around them. Source: public summaries phase 1, RVO
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WijkWijs
WijkWijs is a mobile app that helps residents prepare for a crisis at neighbourhood level. Under normal circumstances, users follow a playful AR trail past emergency facilities and key locations in their own neighbourhood, complete with immersive explanations and an AI assistant. When the internet goes down, the app switches to an offline crisis mode featuring a local map, and the on-device AI assistant remains available. The feasibility study is being carried out by Dutch Rose Media/4DR Studios in Eindhoven, with Magic Trailz and Mear Fryslân as operational partners and the municipality of Eindhoven serving as the test site. Source: public phase 1 summaries, RVO
Belletje Trek
Belletje Trek is an immersive group experience in which local residents jointly go through a simulated crisis situation, such as a 3-day power outage. Using their own smartphones, participants complete tasks and work together to deal with the situation. No app download or technical knowledge is required. The experience helps residents get to know each other better, discover each other's strengths and build trust. Belletje Trek is designed as a practical tool for neighbourhood professionals to strengthen social cohesion and self-reliance, particularly within groups that don't yet know one another. This makes it possible to practise mutual self-reliance in an accessible, playful way. Source: public phase 1 summaries, RVO
BrightAR: samen zien wat je alleen niet ziet
Young people take risks: around alcohol, peer pressure and testing boundaries. Key figures are closely connected to their community and want to make a difference there. But they often lack the means to truly get a group moving. BrightAR gives them those means. BrightAR is a group-based, immersive methodology in the form of a physical toolkit. Key figures use the toolkit to run workshops with young people. Through mixed reality, participants experience the consequences of choices around alcohol and risk-taking behaviour, for example, and translate this experience together into concrete agreements and skills. BrightAR strengthens the role of key figures as drivers of awareness and behavioural change. The approach opens up conversations about social issues and helps young people make agreements together and hold each other accountable. In doing so, BrightAR aims to strengthen not only individual awareness, but also cohesion within groups and communities. Source: public summaries phase 1, RVO
De Drempel Over
De Drempel Over ('Crossing the Threshold') is a mobile escape experience housed in a converted caravan. In it, key professionals experience first-hand what it's like for vulnerable citizens to get stuck — for example due to low literacy, digital exclusion, or distrust of government. A debrief afterwards directly links this experience back to their own work. Key professionals often understand the problems facing their target group in theory, but don't really feel them. As a result, their approach doesn't always match what vulnerable citizens actually need. The experience is designed for neighbourhood teams, social workers and other professionals who bridge the gap between citizens and government. By making people experience these problems rather than just explaining them, De Drempel Over deepens understanding of vulnerable residents and encourages better-suited support and communication. Source: public summaries phase 1, RVO
Achter de voordeur
Behind the Front Door is a mixed reality experience that puts civil servants at the table with a resident who's stuck in their dealings with the government. Working with key stakeholders, directors and professional actors, recognisable situations are turned into true-to-life scenarios – for example, an incomprehensible letter or a service desk where someone hits a dead end. A reflection session follows afterwards. Dutch Rose Media/4DR Studios is carrying out the feasibility study in collaboration with BUas and the municipality of Eindhoven. Source: public phase 1 summaries, RVO
Intergenerationeel en spelenderwijs naar een weerbare samenleving
HackShield is exploring an immersive game experience in which children practise crisis situations — such as cyber incidents, disinformation and power outages — together with parents and grandparents. Game-based learning, board game elements and escape-room mechanics are being explored as ways to encourage conversation, collaboration and mutual resilience across generations. The contribution to social cohesion starts small: with the cross-generational conversation that so often doesn't happen today. The experience can build on the existing HackShield programme, so these themes carry through at school and at home. Delivered through schools, municipalities and libraries, the approach has the potential to reach multiple generations. Practising together doesn't just build resilience — it also strengthens the bond between families, neighbours and communities. Source: public phase 1 summaries, RVO