Workshop on "The Future of Networked Immersive Media"
Organised by the Networked Electronic Media Department of the DG Information Society and Media (DG INFSO) of the European Commission.
Brussels – 24 September 2009
- Presentations and Contributions
- Report
- Venue : Hotel Bedford, Brussels, Belgium
- Agenda
- Practical Information
Vision and Objectives:
Mixed reality environments will benefit from future internet enabling technologies to convey the ambitious vision of totally immersing users in a consistent world of media experience that is generated from both real and virtual stimuli. These environments shall provide the sense of being there, to enable expressive multimodal communications, e.g. gaming, learning, training, simulating, social networking, participating, acting, doing, influencing and interacting.
Presence and interaction are expected to be essential characteristics in these environments.
Multimodal interactions combined with hi-performance networked applications can enable future communication systems that allow people to experience and live different realities (virtual, augmented and mixed). In Combination with aspects provided by well designed games environments, motivation, engagement and creativity should be enforced.
Terms of reference:
The purpose of this workshop is to contribute to the definition of future R&D challenges for collaborative research efforts in the Networked Electronic Media sector for the upcoming calls in the ICT Work Program 2011-2013.
The underlying challenge is to offer multimodal, motivating, multimedia communication technology platforms which give the users greater sense of presence, enhanced and engaging personal experience and extended room for creativity.
Topics to be addressed:
Research on Networked Immersive Media with enhanced Quality of Experience, Mixed Environments, Virtual Worlds, Networked Gaming aspects (online, mobile), impact on applications.
There is still a long way to go to develop Networked Immersive Media Systems that match user expectations.
Therefore, this workshop will aim at identifying potential topics on
1. – the issues at stake concerning the future of Networked Immersive Media
2. - research challenges capable to enable Immersive Media Experiences
3. – the definition of new research initiatives at European level in the area of Networked Immersive Media.
Target group:
- Content providers and Media labs
- Telecom/Network operators and industrial representatives
- Internet actors
- Academia.