Original post by VRT From the 9th to the 12th of April, NAB invites Belgian public broadcaster VRT to exhibit the results of two research projects, funded by the European Commission and Flanders Innovation & Entrepreneurship, in the Futures Park. Focusing on co-creation, interact … | Continue reading
Author: Maria Pacheco (Lightbox) As an aspiring screenwriter and filmmaker myself, having the opportunity to conceive a new narrative experience with the Immersia TV tools was nothing short of exciting, from an artistic standpoint. Being a fast paced, highly creative production h … | Continue reading
Immersia TV likes opera much more than expected. Next February 10th we will participate in a new recording for “Roméo et Juliette” in 360, and some weeks ago PSNC had the opportunity to capture immersive content of “The Baltic Legend” opera by Feliks Nowowiejski. This was joint c … | Continue reading
The Catalan Coorporation of Audiovisual Media (CCMA), in collaboration with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and the i2CAT Foundation, will record the opera “Roméo et Juliette” in 360º immersive audio and video format at the Gran Teatre del Liceu opera house, in Barcelona. T … | Continue reading
In the previous article about immersive audio, we explained the importance of deploying a spatial representation of sound in immersive environments. Now, it is time to look into the production side of this topic. A straightforward way to produce ambisonic sound is using a soundfi … | Continue reading
Cyclocross is a very popular sport in Belgium, and SOUDAL Cyclocross Leuven is one of the main events taking place yearly. The ImmersiaTV team wanted to take a the emotion wherever you are thanks to omnidirectional, immersive content, so last January 7th we placed 360 video camer … | Continue reading
Industrial and academic experts predict that immersive applications will dominate the technology markets by 2020 [1]. This expectation comes from the significant growth of interest that was observed during the previous years in the development of consumer and professional devices … | Continue reading
Today, people often watch TV at home using more than one device at the same time, such as a smartphones or tablets. This creates new opportunities for broadcasters to engage with their audience. In the ImmersiaTV project, we use these extra devices to create omnidirectional virtu … | Continue reading
The ubiquity of mobile phones, and particularly the fact that the majority of European TV consumers use them occasionally while watching TV, has triggered, in recent years, the development of companion screen apps, i.e., apps for mobile phones or tablets which are designed to com … | Continue reading
Have you ever had a video call where sound and image were not really fitting each other? Or maybe you tried to watch a movie, but the subtitles were slightly delayed? Then you know how important synchronization is. Even the smallest difference can spoil a perfect experience. In I … | Continue reading
Despite the name, television is not all about vision. Often underestimated part of transmission, but highly important for appreciation of the content quality, is sound. In some TV formats it is absolutely essential. Does immersive video require special sound? One may argue abou … | Continue reading
Our first pilot, “Dragon Force: The making of future heroes”, is a documentary that was premiered in 2016 during IBC to an audience of stakeholders from the broadcasting industry. “Dragon Force: The making of future heroes” tells the story of David, a young Portuguese athlete who … | Continue reading
It’s a wrap! After a while to process everything that happened at another fantastic IBC in Amsterdam, we would like to share the conclusions of our participation in the Future Zone of the congress. The Immersia team presented and demonstrated its innovative end-to-end solution fo … | Continue reading
For second year in a row, the ImmersiaTV team is in Amsterdam to demonstrate an innovative end-to-end solution for production and delivery of multi-device content in 4K at the Future Zone of IBC, the world’s leading media, entertainment and technology show. Visitors at the Immers … | Continue reading
After an intense week in Linz, ImmersiaTV is back to work with very good impressions after the TNC 2017. The TNC17 (which stands for Terena Networking Conference) is one of the most prestigious European research networking conferences. This year the conference took place in Linz … | Continue reading
The Terena Networking Conference (aka TNC) is a research conference organised every year in a different European location. From the 29 of May until the 2 of June, Linz will host more than 650 participants: decision makers, networking and collaboration specialists, among other pro … | Continue reading
As it was introduced last week, i2CAT and VRT, on behalf of the project, have been invited to showcase the latest project results during the EBU PTS, which will take place next week. The city of Geneva will host from the 24th until the 26th of January a must-to-attend event for b … | Continue reading
2016 has ended and from i2CAT we wanted to share some thoughts to summarise the outcome of this first year of project execution. Since January 2016, all ImmersiaTV partners have been working together to create novel technologies to change how TV is watched, providing tools and re … | Continue reading
On Thursday, December 8th, VRT Research and Innovation hosts Media Fast Forward, a yearly afternoon event, with more than 400 people, where they aim to present and discuss cutting-edge innovation in the media sector. Both internal VRT projects as well as international cases fro … | Continue reading
ImmersiaTV has been touring in Porto for almost 5 days, showcasing and evaluating its first pilot, being present at NEM Summit 2016 with a booth and organising a session, and finally winning the Best Demo award, given by the NEM technical committee. Last week was very intense for … | Continue reading