Virtual reality (VR) for immersive live-action and 360-degree video, optimising audience experiences and deploying VR were among the topics covered in this year’s technical papers. 

Click on the links below for the full technical papers:

Immersive VR for live action video by Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS, Germany 

Experiments in immersion by BBC Research & Development, UK 

CDN optimisation for VR streaming by Tiledmedia, The Netherlands and Akamai, USA 

Virtual Reality and Dash by Fraunhofer, Nokia, LGE, Qualcomm