6th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

May 16–17, 2017 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Jan Thiel

Co-founder and Managing Director

A4VR

Jan Thiel is the co-founder and managing director of A4VR – the Agency for Virtual Reality.

A4VR is a one stop creative agency specialized in key ready VR concepts and solutions. Recently A4VR realized a 360° live stream of The Voice of Germany finals. Which in fact marks the first VR usage in German TV.

With an own motion capture studio, 3D unit, 360° film department, music/recording studio, event concept and multisensoric specialist the Agency is optimized and totally focused on Virtual Reality. Customers include among others Bayer, Bertelsmann, Düsseldorf Marketing, Endemol Shine, IP Deutschland, OSK, ProSiebenSat1 Media, Vodafone.

Jan is also the Co-Founder and member of Vriends. A Virtual plattform taking TV to the next level. Recently the Vriends have realized a GEAR VR app for Galileo VR special week.

Jan  has an expertise of more than 15 years as an executive Creative Director in multimedia events and live marketing. Specialised in large-scale projections, vertical performance, interactive dance, holography and interactive 3D projection mappings for clients from automotive, IT &technology, architecture, fashion to TV & media.

  • 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