7th FOKUS Media Web
Symposium

May 15–16, 2018 – Fraunhofer FOKUS

Thomas Buchholz

Senior Expert New Media

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Deutsche Telekom

Thomas Buchholz started his career at Deutsche Telekom in 1990.He worked on media related topics in different R&D departments of the company. In 2008 he joined the “New Media” team at Telekom Innovation Laboratories.

As a senior expert he is responsible for innovation projects with media service context such as TV Companion applications, OTT based TV/Video services, media service user interfaces but also VR/AR/360 degree video technologies. As part of this first proof of concepts for future VR/360 degree services were developed and tested.

Talks

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  • 13:30 - 14:30

    Immersion – Past / Present / Future

    Kay Meseberg

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    Head of Mission Innovation

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    ARTE

    Travelling in time and exploring c​oal mines: Our

    Thomas Hallet

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    Digital Unit

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    WDR

    Crafting Immersive Brand Experiences

    Tobias Soffner

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    Executive Producer

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    Demodern

    14:30 - 15:00 – Coffee Break, Demos & Exhibition

    15:00 - 16:00

    Magenta VR Plattform

    Thomas Buchholz

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    Senior Expert New Media

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    Deutsche Telekom

    Making 360 Video Easy for Publishers

    John Luther

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    VP of Technology

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    JW Player

    Open innovation of wireless X Labs in 5G Cloud VR/AR 

    Jerome Shao Zhijie

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    Head of Industry Relations

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    Huawei Wireless

    16:00 - 16:30 – Coffee Break, Demos & Exhibition

    16:30 - 18:00

    360° Experiences with Immersive Audio

    Sebastian Gsuck

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    Co-Founder / CVO

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    MediaApes

    WebXR – bringing virtual and augmented reality to the Web

    Dominique Hazael-Massieux

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    WebXR Strategist

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    W3C

    Spatial navigation for IVI, VR, game console and TVs

    Hyojin Song

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    Senior Research Engineer

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    LG Electronics

    Volumetric Video and the Future of Storytelling

    Daniel Brückner

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    Senior Digital Strategist

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    UFA LAB

    Case Study Volumetric VR

    Sönke Kirchhof

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    CEO & Executive Producer

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    INVR.SPACE GmbH