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A driverless car, VR from a single camera and tools to automate post-production are some of the eclectic highlights united at the IBC Future Zone, a unique gallery among IBC's main Exhibition Halls. To whet your appetite for a visit, we take a peak at this year's Zone which has been divided into three theme areas. http://www.ibc.org/page.cfm/action=library/libID=14/libEntryID=107/listID=2
What is Reality?
This is where visitors can immerse themselves in the worlds of augmented and virtual reality video, experience the intensity of 360° news footage, and discover new sensations with synthetic touch (haptics) and ‘4D’ exhibits.
This is where visitors can immerse themselves in the worlds of augmented and virtual reality video, experience the intensity of 360° news footage, and discover new sensations with synthetic touch (haptics) and ‘4D’ exhibits.
San Francisco start-up LiveLike is present, showcasing a prototype application that delivers a 'best seat in the house' virtual reality experience for live event broadcasters who aren't keen on investing hundreds of thousands of dollars in new equipment.
LiveLike is showing its exclusive VR prototype developed with major international football teams. “Our product requires no special equipment, simply one fish-eye lensed camera. Even a Go Pro would work,” explains founder Andre Lorenceau.
BBC R&D will take you on a Oculus-based immersive tour to illustrate its approach to a future IP-based production infrastructure. IP provides an opportunity to make object-based media and entirely new content experiences.
Audio is a critical component of VR storytelling and navigation which is where Two Big Ears comes in. Imagine being able to hear a monster growling right behind your ears, or watch a music video where the singer’s voice reacts to where you are looking. 360 VR films allow you to look all around, not just in front, and the Scottish developer's technology ensures that the audio is equally interactive.
“We not only do spatial positioning of sounds, but also recreate important acoustic cues to give a better idea of the space the user is in, as well as other effects such as occlusion using geometry analysis of a virtual environment,” explains CEO Abesh Thakur.
International Innovations
Ground-breaking technologies that are changing the way consumers around the world are accessing and engaging with new content have been brought together into this exciting area. And what can be more exciting than riding in a driverless car around the RAI while watching TV? That's in store for any visitor who visits automotive manufacturer Tata Elxsi.
Ground-breaking technologies that are changing the way consumers around the world are accessing and engaging with new content have been brought together into this exciting area. And what can be more exciting than riding in a driverless car around the RAI while watching TV? That's in store for any visitor who visits automotive manufacturer Tata Elxsi.
Though passengers might have experienced fairly advanced infotainment systems in aircraft, the experience of a 'moving living room' is unique. The vehicle is much smaller, movement is much more perceptible, and the absence of a driver adds to the illusion of being in a home-like environment. What will you make of it?
The Connected Media EU cluster in the Future Zone is presenting the results of four projects that could shape the future of television. The SAM EU project aims to integrate social media, content syndication and digital marketing into a single, universal and open framework. BRIDGET is developing an underlying architecture to enhance programmes with links to external interactive media elements; web pages, images, audio clips, free-viewpoint video clips, and synthetic 3D models. It calls these links 'bridgets'. LinkedTV aims to weave TV and web content into a single, integrated experience. It is watching news and getting background information on the stories; it is seeing a painting in a TV show and identifying the artist and the museum where it hangs. LinkedTV makes this possible - and cost-effective - with its platform which is the result of 42 months of R&D in pan-European, cross-company collaboration.
The BBC launched a public facing audience testing platform called Taster earlier this year that gives viewers a chance to sample the sort of interactive and personal content that they could expect as mainstream in an IP-enabled broadcast environment. BBC R&D are ready to share the first results of the trial in the Zone.
Perfect Pixels
Increased pixel resolution, faster frame rates, higher dynamic range, wider colour gamut ... what can these techniques really achieve in terms of picture quality and the consumer’s quality of experience?
Increased pixel resolution, faster frame rates, higher dynamic range, wider colour gamut ... what can these techniques really achieve in terms of picture quality and the consumer’s quality of experience?
A pair of EC-funded projects will reveal the results of research into improving the efficiency of post-production workflows. 3FLEX is intent on streamlining 2D and 3D workflows by using depth information with the latest results demonstrated on Mocha and Mistika platforms; Autopost is all about improving the efficiency of labour-intensive visual effects tasks. “We are especially targeting small and medium sized facilities which may not have the resources to either develop their own in-house solutions or use very specialised and expensive green screen, motion capture or rotomation techniques,” says Project Manager, Monica Caballero.
The algorithms will be refined based on industry feedback ahead of delivering a market-ready solution. The project partners in each case are Eurecat, imcube labs, SGO, Imagineer Systems and Fraunhofer HHI.
The algorithms will be refined based on industry feedback ahead of delivering a market-ready solution. The project partners in each case are Eurecat, imcube labs, SGO, Imagineer Systems and Fraunhofer HHI.
A tour of the IBC Future Zone would not be complete without a visit to one the perennially popular exhibits. NHK returns to give visitors a chance to see and hear the latest developments in 8K Super Hi-Vision and 22.2 channel audio. These include sequences of tests shot at Wimbledon and the FIFA Women's World Cup this summer and a new High Dynamic Range (HDR) treatment of the format viewable on a new HDR-enabled 85-inch LCD panel.
If you thought 8K broadcasting by 2020 was mission impossible then think again. Japanese group NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation) has a R&D project that intends to establish media processing technologies that can transmit ultra-high-definition video surpassing even 8K - in five years time.
Specifically, it is investigating an immersive telepresence technology called Kirari!, which is a technique for directly transmitting not just the images and sounds of players at a live sports event but also the environment and therefore the 'emotions' in which the game exists.
Transport yourself to the IBC Future Zone and glimpse the future for content in our home, our car and our workplace and of the very latest ideas, developments and disruptive technologies in the industry.
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