Project description Networked Media and 3D Internet Show the project objective Hide the project objective The aim of the project 3D VIVANT is to capture events automatically in 3D and deliver them for realistic, interactive and immersive play back to home users-viewers. This will require the project to create, develop and integrate a comprehensive range of components from the generic technology of 3D imaging. Real and virtual 3D content will be homogeneously combined/mixed producing a novel form of rich and interactive content, defined as "3D Holoscopic content". 3D Holoscopic imaging is a technique for creating full colour 3D optical models that exist in space independently of the viewer. The images exhibit continuous parallax throughout the viewing zone. The continuous nature of the images produced with this method eliminates the effect of cardboarding (flattening of objects into discrete depth planes) and flipping (a visible effect created by moving between image fields) present in multiview stereoscopic systems. Unlike multiview stereoscopy, information about a point is contained in many different parts of the image plane. In this respect 3D Holoscopic imaging is akin to holography. However 3D Holoscopic imaging is more advantageous, since it can operate under incoherent illumination, which is in contrast with holography, and hence it allows more conventional live capture and display procedures to be adopted. Furthermore, in viewing the 3D optical model accommodation and convergence work in unison (i.e. the viewer's eyes focus and converge to the same point) to prevent eye-strain from occurring.The 3D VIVANT project will investigate the possibility of using different technologies for capture and display of 3D content. For the capture, 3D VIVANT will take full advantage of 3D Holoscopic imaging technology, where a single camera is required. Hence in this project a world first single aperture ultra-high definition 3D Holoscopic imaging camera will be constructed which will permit live capture of 3D content. For the display, the project will take advantage of Holography to provide immersive, ultra high resolution presentation of 3D content. To increase the immersive experience, the generation and playback of 3D spatial sound is also investigated. The developed system will be tested using two user cases, namely, broadcasting and online hyperlinking. For this purpose various 3D Holoscopic video processing algorithms, such as 3D codecs and 3D object segmentation, as well as search and retrieval techniques will be developed Fields of science engineering and technologymaterials engineeringcolorsengineering and technologyelectrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineeringelectronic engineeringsensorsoptical sensors Programme(s) FP7-ICT - Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies Topic(s) ICT-2009.1.5 - Networked Media and 3D Internet Call for proposal FP7-ICT-2009-4 See other projects for this call Funding Scheme CP - Collaborative project (generic) Coordinator BRUNEL UNIVERSITY LONDON EU contribution € 763 585,00 Address KINGSTON LANE UB8 3PH Uxbridge United Kingdom See on map Region London Outer London — West and North West Harrow and Hillingdon Activity type Higher or Secondary Education Establishments Administrative Contact Amar Aggoun (Dr.) 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 UNION EUROPEENNE DE RADIO TELEVISION-EBU Switzerland EU contribution € 64 992,00 Address L'ANCIENNE ROUTE 17A 1218 GRAND SACONNEX (GENEVE) See on map Region Schweiz/Suisse/Svizzera Région lémanique Genève Activity type Other Administrative Contact Yvonne Thomas (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUT FUR RUNDFUNKTECHNIK GMBH Germany EU contribution € 556 273,00 Address RUNDFUNKPLATZ 1, C/O BAYERISCHER RUNDFUNK 80335 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Other Administrative Contact Christoph Dosch (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RUNDFUNK BERLIN-BRANDENBURG Germany EU contribution € 346 170,00 Address MASURENALLEE 8-14 14057 Berlin See on map Region Berlin Berlin Berlin Activity type Public bodies (excluding Research Organisations and Secondary or Higher Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Nawid Goudarzi (Mr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ARNOLD & RICHTER CINE TECHNIK GMBH& CO BETRIEBS KG Germany EU contribution € 409 569,00 Address HERBERT BAYER STRASSE 10 80807 Munchen See on map Region Bayern Oberbayern München, Kreisfreie Stadt Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Elena Löwen (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data ETHNIKO KENTRO EREVNAS KAI TECHNOLOGIKIS ANAPTYXIS Greece EU contribution € 390 813,00 Address CHARILAOU THERMI ROAD 6 KM 57001 Thermi Thessaloniki See on map Region Βόρεια Ελλάδα Κεντρική Μακεδονία Θεσσαλονίκη Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Petros Daras (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data HOLOGRAFIKA HOLOGRAMELOALLITO FEJLESZTO ES FORGALMAZO KFT Hungary EU contribution € 515 048,00 Address ADY ENDRE UTICA 3/A 1192 Budapest See on map Region Közép-Magyarország Budapest Budapest Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact Zsuzsa Dobranyi (Ms.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data RAI-RADIOTELEVISIONE ITALIANA SPA Italy EU contribution € 197 441,00 Address VIALE MAZZINI 14 00195 Roma See on map Region Centro (IT) Lazio Roma Activity type Private for-profit entities (excluding Higher or Secondary Education Establishments) Administrative Contact ALBERTO MORELLO (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Total cost No data INSTITUTO DE TELECOMUNICACOES Portugal EU contribution € 377 628,00 Address CAMPUS UNIVERSITARIO DE SANTIAGO UNIVERSIDADE DE AVEIRO 3810 193 Gloria E Vera Cruz See on map Activity type Research Organisations Administrative Contact Sara Correia (Dr.) Links Contact the organisation Opens in new window Website Opens in new window Total cost No data