6th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

May 16–17, 2017 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Cyril Concolato

Associate Professor

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Telecom ParisTech

Cyril Concolato is Associate Professor in the Multimedia Group at Telecom ParisTech, Paris, France, where he received his master and doctoral degree in Computer Science in 2000 and 2007, respectively. His interests lie in interactive multimedia applications, with a particular focus on web and media technologies. He is the author of more than 60 conference or journal papers, an active participant to the standardization bodies of MPEG and W3C, with more than 270 contributions. Finally, he is one of the project leaders of the Open Source project GPAC.

Talks

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  • 13:00 - 14:20 Content driving VR

    VR – reshaping TV

    Jan Thiel

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    Co-founder and Managing Director

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    A4VR

    ZDF and VR, first Experiences and future Prospects

    Rainer Kirchknopf

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    Distribution and New Technologies

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    ZDF

    Development of VR/360° live sport service

    Thomas Buchholz

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    Senior Expert New Media

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    Deutsche Telekom

    360&VR@mediaset.it Project

    Maria Laura Simonetti

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    Head of Knowledge and Innovation Projects

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    Mediaset

    14:20 - 14:50 – Coffee Break, Demos & Exhibition

    14:50 - 16:10 VR tech and standardization

    Mobile-powered Virtual Reality: Standards and Technologies

    Thomas Stockhammer

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    Director Technical Standards

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    Qualcomm

    Update on the W3C WebVR activities

    François Daoust

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    Media Specialist

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    W3C

    Web-based Signage in W3C

    Kiyoshi Tanaka

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    Senior Research Engineer, Supervisor, 2020 Epoch Making Project

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    NTT Service Evolution Laboratories

    5G – the VR use case

    Christian Nord

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    Head of Standardization

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    Sony Mobile Communications

    DASH VR streaming

    Cyril Concolato

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    Associate Professor

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    Telecom ParisTech

    16:10 - 16:40 – Coffee Break, Demos & Exhibition

    16:40 - 18:00 Delivering VR

    Challenges of Encoding 360°, AR, & VR Content

    Reinhard Grandl

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    rincipal Solutions Architect

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    Bitmovin

    Efficient streaming of VR360 content: TiledVR and the impact of network latency

    Ray van Brandenburg

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    CTO and Founder

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    tiledmedia

    Becoming part of the Story: Interactions within 360° Videos

    Igor Fritzsch

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    General Manager

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    BitTubes

    VR beyond 360°

    Thomas Bedenk

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    VR Consultant

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    Exozet