ADVANCED TOOLS AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENT DESIGN AND PRODUCTION

Project Information

WORLDS STUDIO

Grant agreement ID: IST-2000-28702

Start date 1 September 2001

End date 31 December 2003

Funded under

• Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a "User-friendly information society, 1998-2002"

Total cost € 2 836 074,00

EU contribution € 1 300 000,00

Coordinated by

EADS DEFENSE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS SA
France

Objective

A. Platform Development:

I. Server SideL%1. Secure Access SystemL%2. Data Repository
3. Versioning System

II. Client Side
1. Worlds Studio Platform – Client
2. Worlds Studio Platform - Graphical User Interface
3. MPEG-4 Viewer and Browser (2D such as JPEG, GIF, BMP, RGB and 3D such as VRML, MPEG-4-3D)
4. Render Interface
5. Maya to Virtools Exporter
6. Maya to MPEG-4 Converter - Facial Animation
7. Maya to MPEG-4 Converter - Body Animation
8. Maya to MPEG-4 Converter - Text to Speech for Face Animation

B. Business Case/Demonstrator
1. Proposition for Beijing Olympics
2. Paris Air Show 2003

C. Dissemination
1. Internal Web Site
2. External Web Site
3. Project Brochure
4. International RichmMedia2003 Workshop in Lausanne, Switzerland

Programme(s)

• FP5-IST - Programme for research, technological development and demonstration on a "User-friendly information society, 1998-2002"

Topic(s)

• IST-2000-3.1.1 - Authoring interactive Web content

Call for proposal

Data not available

Funding Scheme

CSC - Cost-sharing contracts

Coordinator

EADS DEFENSE AND SECURITY SYSTEMS SA

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 6 RUE DEWOITINE ; 78140 VELIZY VILLACOUBLAY ; France
• Total cost: No data

Participants (6)

BROADVIEW.TV GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: UBIERRING 61A ; 50678 KOELN
• Total cost: No data

CENTRE FOR RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY HELLAS

Greece

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 6TH KM CHARILAOU-THERMI ROAD ; 57001 THERMI-THESSALONIKI
• Total cost: No data

CRYONETWORKS SA

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 44-50 RUE DU CAPITAINE GLARNER ; 93400 SAINT OUEN
• Total cost: No data

ECOLE POLYTECHNIQUE FEDERALE DE LAUSANNE

Switzerland

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: ECUBLENS ; 1015 LAUSANNE
• Total cost: No data

PLAN_B MEDIA GMBH

Germany

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: COLONEUM 1, BUTZWEILERSTRASSE 255 ; 50829 KOELN
• Total cost: No data

VIRTOOLS

France

• EU contribution: No data
• Address: 93 RUE VIEILLE DU TEMPLE ; 75003 PARIS
• Total cost: No data