6th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

May 16–17, 2017 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Rainer Kirchknopf

Distribution and New Technologies

ZDF

  • 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