Project description Access to and preservation of cultural and scientific resourcesAccessing film content on the moveMany people’s first encounter with a foreign city is in the cinema. Imagine if images from the silver screen could be conjured up anew when they do visit.A device being developed by the CINeSPACE project will give tourists, citizens and film professionals a whole new perspective when visiting a city, offering them film snippets, location-based information and interactive multimedia content to bring a little movie magic to their holidays, collective memories or even to their work. Cities, meanwhile, will have a new means of promoting their attractions, history and cultural heritage, and possible film locations. Reality, augmented by filmsThe device, which has been tested in preliminary trials in Venice in Italy, San Sebastián in Spain and Glasgow in Scotland, looks like a pair of binoculars with a small portable computer, camera and earphones attached. It uses a hybrid tracking system to provide location-based information, and the wireless network of the cities to download and share multimedia content. As CINeSPACE’s users travel around a city, the device will provide them with film and cultural information when they look through the binoculars – generating an augmented reality experience. For example, they could gaze through the viewfinder at Saint Mark’s Square in Venice and see snippets from movies in which the Venice landmark featured. They could look at the Lighthouse building in Glasgow and see photographs taken at the same location in the 1950s, or at the Town Hall in San Sebastián and see what films had been shot around it. Make your own moviesOne feature of the system is the ability for users to make their own movies, pictures and audio recordings, and share them with others. Using the device’s small, built-in video camera they can record snippets of what they see as they roam around the city and upload these to the network where they are made available to other users. Though CINeSPACE is geared toward providing film-related multimedia content, the technology it employs could be used for providing a wide array of location-based services and information in many different scenarios. Trials in Glasgow, Venice and San SebastiánIn the Glasgow trial, for example, the system has been used with local citizens so they can share stories and information about the collective memory of their home town. In San Sebastián, the device was used for film professionals to scout potential shooting locations, letting them access historical and logistical information. The scouts could, for example, see in advance what a certain area looked like a century ago or how a building appeared before it was renovated. In Venice, the device was tested with film tourists interested in the city’s cinematographic history and in reviewing multimedia content associated with famous Venetian set locations. Besides providing visitors with a more enriched and immersed experience, the CINeSPACE partners expect their system to spur the production of mobile content and to create new advertising-driven business models for network providers. Show the project objective Hide the project objective Problems of current systems for accessing Cultural Heritage resources which deal with film objects include some of the following aspects: distributed sources which store huge amounts of information; different formats of the contents, ranging from traditional ones such as paper to advanced multimedia objects; and finally, and what is more crucial for the content providers, lack of systems which support currently the needs of the user such as enriched content, interaction with the information, usability, and exchange of experiences with other users.Taking into account these gaps detected by cities with a strong connection with the Film sector, CINeSPACE aims at designing and implementing a mobile rich media collaboratie information exhange platform, scalable, accessible through a wide variety of networks, and therefore, interoperable and Location-Based for the promotion of Film Heritage, going beyond the current state of the art. CINeSPACE will enable users to interact with Location-Based multimedia contents while navigating a city. Audiovisual information will be delivered through a small low-cost wireless Head Mounted Display with a high definition screen situated near to the eye and audio phones. CINeSPACE system will also comprise a small camera able to record or send what the user is "seeing". This information can be uploaded to a database through a WLAN hot spot or a 3G connection in order to create collaborative experiences with other end users.The consortium of CINeSPACE is composed by three research institutions with expertise in localization and collaborative environments (IGD), content management, indexation and semantic search (VICOM), and content personalization and knowledge representation (LH). Two industries, TRACASA as expert in LBS and administration sector, TRI as the manufacturer of the HMDs, and three Film cities (FSS, CV and SS) provide the contents for developing three scenarios. Fields of science natural sciencescomputer and information sciencesdatabasesengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensorsnatural sciencescomputer and information sciencesknowledge engineering Programme(s) FP6-IST - Information Society Technologies: thematic priority under the specific programme "Integrating and strengthening the European research area" (2002-2006). Topic(s) IST-2005-2.5.10 - Access to and preservation of cultural and scientific resources Call for proposal FP6-2005-IST-5 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme STREP - Specific Targeted Research Project Coordinator FOMENTO DE SAN SEBASTIAN SA EU contribution € 268 816,00 Address CALLE CAMINO 2 20004 San Sebastian Spain See on map Region Noreste País Vasco Gipuzkoa Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data Participants (8) Sort alphabetically Sort by EU Contribution Expand all Collapse all FRAUNHOFER GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FORDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG EV Germany EU contribution € 439 479,00 Address HANSASTRASSE 27C 80686 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data TRIVISIO PROTOTYPING GMBH Germany EU contribution € 324 459,00 Address HERZOGENBUSCHER STRASSE 14 54292 TRIER See on map Region Rheinland-Pfalz Trier Trier, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ASOCIACION CENTRO DE TECNOLOGIAS DE INTERACCION VISUAL Y COMUNICACIONES-VICOMTECH Spain EU contribution € 262 050,00 Address PASEO MIKELETEGI PARQUE TECNOLOGICO DE MIRAMON 57 20009 DONOSTIA / SAN SEBASTIAN See on map Activity type Research Organisations Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data TRABAJOS CATASTRALES , S.A. Spain EU contribution € 68 144,00 Address CARRETERA DEL SADAR, S/N EDIFICIO EL SARIO 31006 PAMPLONA See on map Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data COMUNE DI VENEZIA Italy EU contribution € 60 000,00 Address CA FARSETTI S MARCO 4136 30124 Venezia See on map Region Nord-Est Veneto Venezia Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data VENEZIA INFORMATICA E SISTEMI SPA Italy EU contribution € 61 360,00 Address SESTIERE CASTELLO 2838 30122 VENEZIA See on map Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data THE LIGHTHOUSE TRUST United Kingdom EU contribution € 262 000,00 Address 56 MITCHELL STREET G1 3LX GLASGOW See on map Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data SCOTTISH SCREEN United Kingdom EU contribution € 123 692,00 Address WEST GEORGE STREET 249 G2 4QE GLASGOW See on map Activity type Other Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data