6th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

May 16–17, 2017 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Kiyoshi Tanaka

Senior Research Engineer, Supervisor, 2020 Epoch Making Project

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NTT Service Evolution Laboratories

He received a B.E., M.E., and Ph.D. in communication engineering from Osaka University, Japan in 1992, 1994, and 2005. He joined NTT (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corp.) in 1994 and since then has been engaged in researching video-on-demand systems and metadata-related interactive video systems and services, especially those related to IPTV and digital signage services. His current interests include standardization of digital signage and ILE (Immersive Live Experience).

Talks

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  • Blending Realities – VR on the rise

    Kay Meseberg

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    Head of VR/360

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    ARTE

    How the VR Industry Forum furthers the adoption of high quality, interoperable VR360 services

    Rob Koenen

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    President

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    VRIF

    Immersive Live Experience in Public Viewing

    Kiyoshi Tanaka

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    Senior Research Engineer, Supervisor, 2020 Epoch Making Project

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    NTT Service Evolution Laboratories

    VR for the Masses – Multi-User Immersive Experiences in Modern Planetariums

    Tim Florian Horn

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    Director

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    Zeiss-Großplanetarium Berlin

  • 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

    , 

    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