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Framestore promotes Theo Jones to Creative Director of AI

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NAB 2026 review: “Live immersive production is here, and it’s extraordinary”

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Volumetric humans: The next frontier of immersive broadcast storytelling

News IABM rebrands as IAMT and launches agentic AI-powered discovery platform

IABM rebrands as IAMT and launches agentic AI-powered discovery platform

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Blackmagic Design unleashes a wave of technologies

Features Apple Vision Pro Mac Virtual Display

Spatial computing: “Instead of showing people a story, you’re letting them inhabit it”

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Blackmagic unveils world’s first cinema camera for live immersive production

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Behind the scenes: Undertone

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From green screen to Unreal worlds: The tech stack driving virtual production

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Black Mirror to come to life in immersive experience

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Is the race to 6G being driven by necessity, or FOMO?

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IBC announces shortlisted 2026 Accelerator projects

News Sky Sports F1

Sky Sports ramps up F1 coverage with immersive sidebar

Features Barbara Ford Grant at the Culver City Film Festival

Barbara Ford Grant: “A lot is happening behind closed doors”

Interview Light Sail VR

Matthew Celia: “I view immersive as the last refuge of focused entertainment”

Features Accelerator Kickstart Day 2026

Kickstart Day 2026: Latest PoCs and partnerships promise most exciting year yet

Features NUA Students use the Sony Venice on the new virtual production stage at Norwich University of the Arts

Virtual thinking: Is education keeping pace with industry requirements?

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BSC Expo: “AI is a real b*****d to work with”

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Lydia Goomansingh to lead Fremantle's branded entertainment push

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Accelerating Innovation Podcast, Ep 10: Changing the Game… Again!

News Eurovision set for first-ever live tour

Eurovision set for first-ever live tour

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Accelerating Innovation Podcast, Ep 9: Spotlight on Shure – Associate Sponsors

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CES 2026: “The ChatGPT moment for physical AI is nearly here”

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Content Everywhere: A look back at 2025

News BBC Studios and Moonraker VFX partner

BBC Studios and Moonraker VFX partner for immersive experiences

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Disney’s Alice Taylor to lead BBC Studios’ AI Creative Lab

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Touch the future: Immersive video will soon make its presence felt

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From broadcast to braincast: A new frontier for AI-powered advertising

News XR Sports Alliance gains new members

XR Sports Alliance gains new members

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Life after Tech Papers: What comes next?

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Why expand your IP into games?

Features Immersive Flashback: Bastille Day

Immersive Flashback captures Bastille Day for VR

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Accelerating Innovation – Tutorial, Ep 3: How to expand your TV IP using gaming tools and technology

Features Behind the Scenes: The Lost Bus

Behind the scenes: The Lost Bus

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Latest from Dolby designed to transform sports streaming experience

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How loud can you stream? Why sound levels are back on the agenda

Features L-R) James Japhet, Bolt6; Alex Turnbull, PGA Tour; Jon Freedman, PGA Tour; and moderator Ken Kerschbaumer, Sports Video Group

PGA’s AR drone breakthrough brings fans closer to the action

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Future Tech: Aina Tech previews holographic video tools ahead of launch

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Future Tech: Magycal to stream live races with interactive AI features

Features TRG Multimedia’s LED stage powered by Disguise’s Studio Pro

Enhanced immersion: Exploring creative opportunities with XR and AI

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Future Tech: Nagarro to host 17 interactive, real-time demos of AI

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IBC Tech Papers: AI, AR, creative identity, and speech improvement in the spotlight

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IBC Conference: BBC Sport’s John Murphy on the evolution of virtual studios

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Future Tech: V-Nova to showcase latest AI media processing and volumetric video innovations

News Head to Hall 14 for innovative tech, real-world experiences and thought leadership sessions

New Future Tech hub to showcase transformative technology and real-world applications

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Precision in post: Stem separation and spectral editing

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Virtual production facility Studio Ulster launches

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SXSW London: Engagement, futurism and AI collide in East London

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Indie partnership to bring next-gen immersive storytelling to London’s Science Museum

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Where can XR technology deliver real change?

Features MAX-R partnerships focused work on production environments of public, hybrid & virtual events

MAX-R: Interoperable tools for an immersive future

Tutorials

Accelerating innovation – Tutorial, Ep 3: Merging real and virtual worlds in broadcasting

Tutorials

Challenges in delivering holographic communications

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Accelerating innovation – Tutorial, Ep 1: Understanding 6G holographics and business adoption

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NAB 2025: Selin Kemal, Mo-Sys: “Virtual production is becoming more accessible”

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Level up: Addressing the skills gap in virtual production

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Harnessing technology and people in immersive design

News ECOFLOW II presentation at Kickstart Day

IBC Accelerators: 2025 finalists unveiled

News Versa Studios

Versa Studios Manchester opens doors

Features CoSTAR Realtime Lab

Setting the stage: Scotland crews up for virtual production

Tutorials

What is volumetric video?

Tutorials

Immersive tech – Tutorial, Ep 3: How to get started with immersive audio

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Features IBC Accelerator Kickstart Day 2025

Kickstart Day 2025: Programme celebrates power of collaboration on centenary of TV

News The Evolution of the Control Room

Kickstart Day 2025: Evolution of the Control Room wins Project of the Year

Tutorials

Immersive tech – Tutorial, Ep 2: Volumetric video and the future of content production

Tutorials

Immersive tech – Tutorial, Ep 1: Immersive design workflow and creative practice

Tutorials

AI in audio for measuring crowd engagement

Interview The rig circling a performer measures 3m x 3m x 2m and uses 10 time-of-flight cameras

Live volumetric streaming: “Volumetric video is better than conventional video”

News XRSA announces first cohort of members

XR Sports Alliance announces first members

News Pinewood Studios

Pinewood to host government-backed R&D lab for creative industries

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Virtually untethered: V-Nova replicates game-like freedom for XR video

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Digital Catapult: AI innovations to supercharge the creative industries

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Neural Radiance Fields – A new approach to 3D modelling

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Future predictions – Part I: Broadcasters and suppliers

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AI – Tutorial, Ep 2: How to unlock the power of AI in audio

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Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera released for pre-order

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Tata and Artist One team on connected arenas

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Consumer VR market declines in 2024 – report

Features Digital Catapult 5G Immersive Lab Launch

6G: media should plan for the internet-of-senses

Features Behind the Scenes: Nickel Boys

Behind the Scenes: How sound and vision get under the skin in Nickel Boys

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Disney sets up unit to lead on AI and mixed reality

News Adipat-Virdi, Cinesite

Adipat Virdi to lead XR initiatives at Cinesite

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Netflix launches ‘Moments’ mobile feature to save and share scenes

News Immersive experience company Disguise has received £1.2m in funding from Innovate UK and the EU

Disguise secures £1.2m funding to develop immersive technology

Features “We are aiming to bring high personalisation, advanced segmentation, and DAI into broadcast, closing the gap with digital streaming services

How Brazil’s TV 3.0 will help “close the gap” between broadcast and digital streaming

News Apple has debuted its first scripted film captured in Apple Immersive Video for its Apple Vision Pro mixed-reality headset

Apple launches first immersive drama for Vision Pro headset

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Closing the gap: Women in Immersive Tech

News FC3 (the Framestore and Company 3 Group) has appointed David Kassler as Group Chief Executive Officer

FC3 names David Kassler as Group CEO

IBC Show VOD

Gamechangers in media: Content and monetization

IBC Show VOD

Extending the boundaries of volumetric video

News Smart pair: Riedel’s Dodson and Heiniger reveal SAME at IBC

Riedel launches SAME for smart audio workflows

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Native Dante compatibility comes HOME

IBC Show VOD

IBC Accelerators - Evolution of the Control Room: AI assistance unlocks potential for voice-controlled automation

IBC Show VOD

XR – advances in capturing, rendering, and delivering

IBC Show VOD

Revolutionary AI Dubbing solution for record studios and translation agencies

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Women-led startups key to bringing diversity to AI

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Apple, HBS, Google: Gamechangers highlight latest innovations in VR and discovery

IBC Show VOD

Spaceport: Enhancing Three-dimensional Viewing Experience with AI

Interview

Has mobile TV finally arrived?

Interview

V-Nova sets up new XR studios division

Interview

Dolby exhibits immersive sound solutions

Reports

Technical Papers 2024 Session: XR – advances in capturing, rendering, and delivering

News Nikols: ‘The products we are introducing at IBC are a way to address a pent-up demand’

Linear Acoustic takes to the AERO

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SSL debuts new immersive audio production features

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PLAZAMEDIA and MR Factory form Virtual Production partnership

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Achtel unveils 9x7 Digital Cinema Camera

IBC Show VOD

Transform Your Media: Create and Share XR content with AI-Powered Tools

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IBC2024 Tech Papers: 3GPP SA4 - The media and XR powerhouse for 5G and 6G

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IBC2024 Tech Papers: A user-centric approach to facial recognition for TV content

News Short: ‘Top tier companies have selected Disguise to best showcase their technologies here at IBC’

Colour, control and create with Disguise

Interview

Cisco pioneers live event broadcasts

IBC Show VOD

Vizrt demonstrates AI-powered immersive tech solutions

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Zero Density and Brainstorm highlight advances in immersive extended reality and AR

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Trew Audio acquires Pinknoise Systems

News Nyman: ‘these headphones are designed to mimic a virtual, immersive sound system’

Genelec shows how to get ahead in audio

Features A look at IBC2024: Steve Appleby, BT, delivering one of last year’s papers: Streaming – Improving Delivery Efficiency

IBC Technical Papers: AI, XR and media provenance among the 2024 highlights

News Emergent’s latest eCapture Pro offers real-time 3D and 4D reconstruction capabilities

Volumetric video in real time from Emergent

News DHD says its Control API provides the added security broadcasters need on remote and interconnected systems

More control across standard networks from DHD

News The media for equity deal will see Layered Reality’s immersive experiences advertised to a TV audience for the first time

Channel 4 strikes £1.75m deal with Layered Reality

News Haivision’s StreamHub receiver and MoJoPro app is now available on the AWS marketplace on a pay-as-you-go (PAYG) basis

Haivision StreamHub and MoJoPro now available on AWS

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Hands on XR studio control from nxtedition

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IBC2024 Accelerator Project: Connecting Live Performances of the Future with ULL-AVLM

Tutorials

Virtual Production – Tutorial, Ep 3: - How to set up a virtual production using Unreal Engine

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Virtual Production – Tutorial, Ep 1: Empowering storytelling

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Virtual Production – Tutorial, Ep 2: Get to grips with LED volumes

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IBC Keynote - Benedict Evans: There was a period when mobile was exciting… now smartphones have become boring

Features Lee Jung-jae on the set of Lucasfilm’s THE ACOLYTE, exclusively on Disney+

Behind the Scenes: The Acolyte goes old school to capture original Star Wars grit

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UK general election: Sky News leverages immersive sports studio to transform election night coverage

News BBC: New Music Portal

BBC Ventures invests in immersive live events firm Condense

Features BBC Studio in Berlin for EURO2024, in collaboration with Roe Visual

Remote production and XR technologies drive UK broadcasters’ Euros coverage

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Accedo, Qualcomm and HBS form XR Sports Alliance

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Volumetric capture: how to bridge the skills gap for broadcast professionals

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IBC2024 Accelerator Project: Evolution of the Control Room

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In the mix: breaking down the complexities of esports audio

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Behind the Scenes: 3 Body Problem

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Webinar: The collision of gaming and TV: How CTV, streaming and VR are paving the way for new forms of media consumption

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Behind the scenes: Silo

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Adventures beyond stereo: perfecting the immersive audio mix

Features Apple Vision Pro: App experiences featuring House of the Dragon

Spatial computing and immersion - a new era for volumetric production

Features Issa López on set of True Detective: Night Country

Behind the Scenes: True Detective: Night Country

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Immersive content for Apple Vision Pro headset unveiled

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CES 2024 Review: What We Learned

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DTT and Wireless Mics Win Out at WRC23

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CES2024 Preview: VR, XR, Transparent Panels and Inevitably, AI

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Behind the Scenes: The Killer

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ICVFX: Virtual Production enters 2.0

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Behind The Scenes: The Creator

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Behind the Scenes: Special Ops: Lioness

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Behind the Scenes: Kiss The Future

IBC Show VOD

IBC Accelerators: 5G Motion Capture for Live Performance and 3D Animation

Features Lily Gladstone and Leonardo DiCaprio in ’Killers of the Flower Moon’

Behind the Scenes: Killers Of The Flower Moon

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Spaceport: Three-dimensional viewing experience with Freedom

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Media and Entertainment Sustainability on the Cloud

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Efficient Delivery and Rendering on Client Devices via MPEG-I Standards for Emerging Volumetric Video Experiences

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Optimizing the Virtual Reality experience using a 360° view of client and network data

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MPEG-I Scene Description: A Dynamic Scene Description Framework for Immersive Media

News Marco Tempest delivers a live demo of ‘the metaverse in a carry-on’ during Saturday’s IBC Keynote

The future of the metaverse is here

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Improving the Broadcast Viewer Experience Through Rapid and Early Elephant Flow Detection by Machine Learning

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IBC2023: Esports Showcase to Deliver Next Level Gaming

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IBC2023 Accelerator Project: 5G Motion Capture for Performance Art and Animation

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Future Tech: XR Sport Throws its Hat in the Ring

Features MSG Entertainment proposes a new entertainment medium, the ’MSG Sphere’ in London

MSG Sphere: Not only in Vegas

Reports

5G Edge-XR Project: Live Broadcast XR Experiences Using 5G and Cloud-GPU Compute

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Helios: Foundations for Peer-to-Peer Social Media Platform for Privacy-Aware People and Prosumers

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Data Compression for 6 Degrees of Freedom Virtual Reality Applications

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Trailblazing With 8K Live VR at Beijing 2022

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Immersive Audio in Large-Scale Sports Production

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An Ultra-Low Bitrate Video Conferencing System with Flexible Virtual Access Patterns

Features Jensen Huang: Nvidia co-founder

Nvidia: Virtual worlds will crop up like websites

Features James Bond (Daniel Craig) and Dr. Madeleine Swann (Léa Seydoux) in Matera, Italy

No Time To Die: Behind the Scenes with cinematographer Linus Sandgren

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Real-time 3D Reconstruction of Dynamic Scenes with Multiple Kinect V2 Sensors

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Tools for 6-DoF Immersive Audiovisual Content Capture and Production

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Cloud-Based AI for Automatic Audio Production for Personalised Immersive XR Experiences

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Immersive Experiences and XR: A game engine or multimedia streaming problem?

Features Realising VR: The global VR market volume is predicted to reach 98.4 million sales by 2023

What’s next for VR?

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The Immersive Audience Experience Evaluation Toolkit

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Lessons Learnt During One Year of Commercial Volumetric Video Production

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Everyday Photo-Realistic Social VR: Communicate and Collaborate with an Enhanced Co-Presence and Immersion

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OMAF4Cloud: Standards-Enabled 360° Video Creation as a Service

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Evaluating the Quality of Multi-Camera Video Capture and View-Point Interpolation for 6DoF AR/VR Applications

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Advanced Video Compression and Rendering for Highly Immersive 8K+ Applications

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AR/VR for Various Viewing Styles in the Future of Broadcasting

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Live 360° Video Delivery

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4K UHD HDR and Immersive Audio Live Streaming 2018 FIFA World Cup Russia for Samsung Smart TVs App

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State-of-the-art of Extended Reality in 5G Networks

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Real-time decoding and AR playback of the emerging MPEG video-based point cloud compression standard

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Color Management for Cinematic Immersive Experiences

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Advanced Volumetric Capture And Processing

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Automatic Recognition of Virtual Reality Sickness Based on Physiological Signals

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Object-Audio Capture System for Sports Broadcast

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Sound and Fury: Bringing Dolby Atmos to the NHRA

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