6th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

May 16–17, 2017 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Reinhard Grandl

rincipal Solutions Architect

Bitmovin

Reinhard Grandl is Principal Solutions Architect at Bitmovin, a company providing video infrastructure as a service including fast cloud encoding, adaptive streaming players, performance analytics and 360°/VR streaming infrastructure. He received his Master degree from the Alpen-Adria Universität Klagenfurt, specializing on Networked and Embedded Systems, in 2014 and joined Bitmovin in 2013 as part of the player department. Reinhard’s experience includes positions in international research and development companies.

  • 13:00 - 14:20 Content driving VR

    VR – reshaping TV

    Jan Thiel

    Co-founder and Managing Director

    A4VR

    ZDF and VR, first Experiences and future Prospects

    Rainer Kirchknopf

    Distribution and New Technologies

    ZDF

    Development of VR/360° live sport service

    Thomas Buchholz

    Senior Expert New Media

    Deutsche Telekom

    360&VR@mediaset.it Project

    Maria Laura Simonetti

    Head of Knowledge and Innovation Projects

    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

    Director Technical Standards

    Qualcomm

    Update on the W3C WebVR activities

    François Daoust

    Media Specialist

    W3C

    Web-based Signage in W3C

    Kiyoshi Tanaka

    Senior Research Engineer, Supervisor, 2020 Epoch Making Project

    NTT Service Evolution Laboratories

    5G – the VR use case

    Christian Nord

    Head of Standardization

    Sony Mobile Communications

    DASH VR streaming

    Cyril Concolato

    Associate Professor

    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

    rincipal Solutions Architect

    Bitmovin

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

    Ray van Brandenburg

    CTO and Founder

    tiledmedia

    Becoming part of the Story: Interactions within 360° Videos

    Igor Fritzsch

    General Manager

    BitTubes

    VR beyond 360°

    Thomas Bedenk

    VR Consultant

    Exozet