VRTogether project partners Motion Spell, TNO and CWI participated at the last MPEG meetings (#122 and #123) in San Diego and Ljubljana with the intention of getting brand-new feedback around Virtual Reality. It appears that VR activities blossom in many fields: MPEG-I, OMAF, Point clouds, NBMP, MPEG-MORE. The long-term trend shows that VR is coming […]
The VR-Together project is being exposed at the IBC Show during these days (14-18 September) in Amsterdam. This show is one of the world’s most influential media, entertainment and technology conferences. The project is showcasing a sample of the first pilot, which is an interrogatory scene in photo-realistic quality 3D representation, in which two users […]
The 2018 annual NAB Show pulled in more than 100,000 attendees to the Las Vegas Convention Center to see more than 1800 exhibiting companies. As a VRTogether project partner, Motion Spell went to the show to probe the innovation regarding Virtual Reality (VR). The show was quite packed, and contrary to IBC, it seems like […]
Two papers from the VRTogether project have been accepted: one is for a demo at the ACM Multimedia Systems Conference 2018 (MMSys), which will be held in Amsterdam from 12 to 16 June; the other is a WiP Paper for the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video (ACM TVX2018), which […]
A joint 3GPP SA4 & VR Industry Forum Workshop on VR Ecosystem and Standards took place in Santa Clara from 4th-6th December. Close to 150 participants from companies such as Apple, AT&T, Dolby, Ericsson, Intel, Movielabs, Oculus, Samsung, Qualcomm and Verizon attended sessions on standardisation coordination, VR content production, service provider and VR Hardware/device manufacturer […]
VR-Together partner TNO demonstrated its initial social VR platform at VR Days EU 2017 in Amsterdam on 24-26 october. Two visitors had the opportunity to visit and share a virtual living room, play a game of Blobby Volley and experience social VR first-hand. In collaboration with CWI, a survey was held and over 90 visitors shared […]
VR Together partners TNO, i2CAT, CWI and Viaccess-Orca attended the NEM Summit 2017 to showcase first project results. An early-stage demo, created by TNO, allowed visitors to get a first feel for how the project partners will enable shared and social VR experiences. Many visitors took the opportunity to watch content in a virtual living […]