Final Immersify Demonstration in Poznan and Linz

In order to adapt to the particular international situation due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Immersify reshaped its final demo and will showcase one last time some of its developments, including an 8K stream from Poznan, Poland to Linz, Austria.

On June 17th 2020, starting from 11:00 am CET, in the laboratories of Poznan Supercomputing and Networking Center and Ars Electronica’s Deep Space 8K, the final demo of the Immersify project—combining technologies that we have developed over the last 3 years—will take place.

Together, the partners have conducted research and work on video encoding, streaming and display technologies for immersive media applications in large visualization environments such as 8K walls, deep spaces, dome theaters and future cinemas. In addition, they have worked on spatial and 3D sound technologies based on high-order ambisonic sound format.

Some of these technologies will be presented during the final project demonstration:

• PSNC New Media Lab will turn into an immersive cinema space, where instead of VR glasses, viewers can watch a 16K 360° image on a six-meter-wide screen with an 8K resolution.
• User interaction will be performed and the image will be freely scrolled and scaled preserving sharpness and details. An important element is the immersive sound played on the installation of 24 speakers placed around the viewer. Special ambisonic sound technology will allow the sound to be rotated and followed by the viewers every time they interact with the video. That gives a sense of true immersion.
• A new immersive and interactive media player supporting 16K 360° video and high-order-ambisonics spatial audio have been developed in Immersify by Spin Digital.

An additional element of the demonstration will be live streamed in 8K from Poznan in Poland to Linz in Austria using open internet connection and displaying the image on Ars Electronica’s Deep Space 8K large-format visualization installation. The demonstration will also be broadcast live in 360° video technology on YouTube, which enables viewers to watch the experience at home during the difficult times of the COVID-19 pandemic.

After the live stream from Poznan to Linz, Ars Electronica Futurelab will continue streaming a live demonstration of The Great Pyramid in 3D and allow a sneak peek at The Translucent St. Stephen’s Cathedral demo via its Home Delivery program.

Program

11:00 am

• Part 1: PSNC Immersify demo: 360° video + spatial audio installation
• Part 2: PSNC 8K live streaming to Ars Electronica
• Part 3: PSNC 360° streaming from the lab to YouTube

12:00 pm

Ars Electronica live streaming to YouTube: The Great Pyramid in 3D

1:00 pm

Ars Electronica live streaming to YouTube: The Translucent St. Stephen’s Cathedral

Afterwards

PSNC live streaming to Youtube

Funding

This activity has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 762079 (www.immersify.eu).