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On 25 March 2020, during the EBU BroadThinking conference, ImAc partners successfully presented the production tools – specifically the web editors – and the ImAc player to the audience. BroadThinking 2020 is a key event for broadcast specialists working on online services and online content delivery and is organised on a yearly basis by EBU … Continue reading “ImAc production tools and player demonstrated at EBU BroadThinking”

ImAc, an EU Funded project, has imagined how access services such as subtitles and sign language will work with immersive content (360 degree video and virtual reality). By testing different scenarios in pilots spanning three countries we have settled on the answer and are inviting people to give us their views. The ImAc project has … Continue reading “Invitation to try the future of Access Services”

The subtitle web editor developed by our partner Anglatècnic in the ImAc project, was presented at the “Master in Audiovisual Translation and New Technologies” event organized by ISTRAD (Higher Institute of Linguistic Studies) in Sevilla (Spain). Javier Rebollo, from AMPERSOUND Translate Media, is a professional translator and subtitler who previously participated in the ImAc professional … Continue reading “ImAc attended the “Master in Audiovisual Translation and New Technologies” event organized by the Higher Institute of Linguistic Studies (ISTRAD) and the University of Cadiz”

In a joint effort with the EU H2020 VR-Together (https://vrtogether.eu/) and Hyper360 (http://www.hyper360.eu/) projects, ImAc will co-organize the “First International Workshop on Tools for Creating XR Media Experiences”, co-located with the IEEE ICME 2020 conference (https://www.2020.ieeeicme.org/), to be held in London (July 2020). Detailed information about the workshop can be found at its website: https://icme2020workshopxr.wordpress.com/ … Continue reading “ImAc co-organizes the “First International Workshop on Tools for Creating XR Media Experiences””

Workshop Organizers Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona   | Verizon Media   | XR Access Initiative About the Workshop The XR Access Initiative,  partnered with the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona to conduct a workshop on accessibility in augmented and virtual reality and 360 video at IMX 2020. It will feature papers from researchers about the best practices and solutions for designing … Continue reading “IMX Conference Workshop on XR Accessibility”

The Community Research and Development Information Service (CORDIS) is the European Commission’s primary source of results from the projects funded by the EU’s framework programmes for research and innovation (https://cordis.europa.eu/). Its mission is to bring research results to professionals in different fields to foster open science, contribute to the creation of innovative products and services … Continue reading “ImAc featured in the January 2020 Issue of the Research*EU Magazine”

The Immersive Accessibility Project is a European project which aims to find the best way to incorporate audio description and spoken subtitles into virtual reality and 360° video content, for people who are blind, or partially sighted, deaf and hard-of hearing. To do so, we’ve developed the ImAc player which has different types of audio … Continue reading “ImAc Cross National Pilots in the UK- RNIB”

Every year, the European Union of Broadcasting (EBU) organizes a meeting of experts on access services. The objective is to debate, share experiences and challenges during a plenary session. Over the years, it has become the best meeting point for the organizations that are members of EBU and work in accessibility services. This event, took … Continue reading “ImAc at “EBU Accessibility Services Experts Meeting 2019””

Every year Barcelona organizes an event with science, technology, knowledge and culture. This year marks the thirteenth annual Science Festival, which was on the 26th and 27th October. It offers people around 200 activities in 24 venues to find out about the research conducted in Barcelona and its area of influence. See info here: https://www.barcelona.cat/barcelonaciencia/en/13th-science-festival-0 The … Continue reading “ImAc at the Barcelona Sc13nc3 Fest 2019”

On Thursday 10th October the Greek EMP Alexis Georgoulis organized the event “Perspectives on the Cultural Accessibility of Persons with Disabilities” at the European Parliament. People with disabilities are systematically excluded from the scope of important pieces of legislation, such as the Audio-visual Directive where only the progressive realization of accessibility requirements is provided. This … Continue reading “ImAc was present at the European Parliament”

As the Lead Study Group on Ubiquity and on Multimedia Terminals, Systems and Applications, the ITU-T SG 16 effort in standardizing accessibility promotes the concept of Total Conversation and aims to ensure that all sectors of the global community have equal access to communications and online information. This effort is centred in Question 26/16 “Accessibility to Multimedia … Continue reading “ImAc contributes to ITU Study Group 16”

Last July in Shanghai the plenary meeting of the ISO/TC IEC JTC1/S35 took place. During the meeting Dr Pilar Orero presented results from ImAc about the possibility of starting a new study group on “Accessibility within immersive environments”. This was accepted and the group will be convened by Dr Pilar Orero, Professor Jee-In Kim and … Continue reading “ImAc starts the new ISO/IEC Study Group on Accessiblity with Immersive Environments”

For all who could not make it to IBC: the video presentation of the ImAc presentation during the EBU Open Source Meetup (https://tech.ebu.ch/events/osm2019) is now available under https://tech.ebu.ch/publications/the-accessibility-enabled-imac-vr360-player . During the presentation, Sergi Fernandez from i2CAT specifically presented the accessibility-enabled VR360 player developed by i2CAT (https://www.imacproject.eu/imac-player/) and highlighted how a third-party broadcaster and industry player … Continue reading “ImAc presentation at the EBU Open Source Meetup – Video available!”

ImAc was present at IBC2019 http://www.asbu.net/article.php?artid=1628&lang=en this year IBC IBC is the world’s leading media, entertainment and technology show. Held at the world-class venue, the RAI Amsterdam, every September, IBC’s world-class exhibition with over 1,700 exhibitors and thought-leading conference are always at the forefront of innovation. This year ImAc had its own space at The … Continue reading “ImAc at IBC 2019”

ImAc was present at the Sign Language Conference organised by the National Center for Sign Language Normalisation CNLSE (https://www.cnlse.es/es/congreso-cnlse-2019). UAB and i2CAT presented the personalisation features for sign language interpretation on 360º videos. For more information please write to: pilar.orero@uab.cat   “This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation … Continue reading “ImAc at CNSLE19”

Part 1 – Scripting 2 September 2019 RNIB, UK   Over the past year, we have experimented extensively with audio description on 360 content in the Immersive Accessibility Project (ImAc). The aim is finding solutions for enhancing the viewing experience of someone with sight loss watching this content and we have broadly used the following … Continue reading “Audio description for 360° Content”

User Centred Design (UCD) is a must for any project that aims to offer new solutions or products for end users. ImAc project has embraced iterative design process where the designers have focused on the potential users and their needs from start to end. When the designers understand the users that they are trying to … Continue reading “Design for users with users”

On 17th June Mario Montagud, Chris Hughes, Anna Matamala and Enric Torres presented a workshop on ‘Subtitling in Immersive Environments’ at the ‘Media for All 8’ Conference, to an audience of more than 20 subtitle producers.   It is becoming more and more essential that any media experience should be fully inclusive and accessible to … Continue reading “Workshop: Subtitling in Immersive Environments”

RNIB’s Broadcast and Audio Description Innovation Manager Sonali Rai was invited by the organisers of M-enabling Summit to participate in the panel on Accessible Media Platforms. The prestigious global summit is dedicated to making connected things and services accessible for all. She spoke on audio description, accessible media platforms and the recent developments in the Immersive Accessibility Project … Continue reading “RNIB presents ImAc at 2019 M-enabling Summit”

In May and June we tested new approaches for subtitles and sign language representation in 360° videos at CCMA and RBB. The feedback we got from hard of hearing and deaf people in pilot phase 1 (autumn 2018) had led to new implementations and the aim of this test was to understand the preferences and … Continue reading “Test of new concepts for subtitles and sign language service”

John Paton (RNIB) and Pilar Orero (UAB) organised the Immersive Audio description workshop at the Media4All Conference. This workshop went into greater detail on the alternative AD production and will explored and examine each possibility in view of the user feedback. Media 4ALL 2019 is organized by the the Institute for Interpreting and Translation Studies at … Continue reading “Immersive Audio Description Workshop at Media4All”

The ​International Telecommunication Union (ITU) encourages a dialogue among stakeholders in the various regions of the world to discuss the future of Television. To this end, following the success of “The Future of Cable TV (Geneva, Switzerland, 25-26 January 2018) and The Future of TV for the Americas (Bogotá, Colombia, 26 November 2018), the ITU held a Workshop on “The Future of … Continue reading “ImAc at the ITU The Future of Television for Europe”

The NEM Summit is an international conference and exhibition, organized since 2008 by the NEM Initiative for all those interested in broad area of Media, Content, and Creativity. Over the years, the NEM Summit has grown to become an annual not-to-be-missed event, providing attendees with a key opportunity to meet and network with prominent stakeholders, … Continue reading “ImAc at the New European Media NEM Summit 2019”

ImAc project partner Motion Spell participated at the last MPEG meetings (#126) in Geneva with the intention of following brand-new evolutions around Immersive Media activities. It appears that many activities regarding Immersive Media blossom on audio, video and subtitles. These activities are relevant for the ImAc project which intends to integrate accessibility services with immersive … Continue reading “Immersive Media is still booming at the last MPEG Meeting #126 in Geneva”

The Global Accessibility Awareness Day is an event that takes place every year all around the world and aims at raising awareness about the importance of digital accessibility for a more inclusive society. For the second year, the TransMedia Catalonia research group of the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona will celebrate the Global Accessibility Awareness Day … Continue reading “IMAC presented Global Accessibility Awareness Day 2019”

In a previous post, we discussed the topic of subtitles in a 360° environment. In ImAc, we investigate how accessibility services can be applied to 360° or VR environments. At our demo app webpage (short link: www.irt.de/foxfinder), you can see a short 360° scene taken from the theatre play “Foxfinder” by Dawn King. In this … Continue reading “Fixed positioned subtitle demo”

From 17th-19th June 2019, ImAc Partners will be attending the 8th Media for All International Conference at the Stockholm University and will host two workshops on how immersive environments like 360-degree videos can be made accessible for people with sight and hearing loss.   Workshop 1: Audio Description in Immersive Environments: The ImAc project aims … Continue reading “ImAc Workshops at the Media4All Conference 2019”

The Catalan Media Corporation, CCMA hosted the fifth general assembly of the Immersive Accessibility Project at its TV3 headquarters in  Sant Joan Desp near Barcelona last week. All nine partners, comprising i2CAT, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, University of Salford, Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, Corporacio Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals SA, Institut für Rundfunktechnik Gmbh, Motion Spell, Anglatecnic SL and … Continue reading “ImAc Consortium meets to discuss the next steps”

Conference, March 19-20, 2019 Location: Barcelona, Spain Last week, the international seminar on audio description ARSAD was held in Barcelona. It is a meeting point for all stakeholders interested in audio description research and practice. Anna Matamala, from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and a member of the ImAc consortium, is the organizer of this … Continue reading “ImAc Project at ARSAD 2019”

Conference, March 11-15 Location: Anaheim, California   This week, Pilar Orero from the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona and Sonali Rai from the Royal National Institute of Blind People (RNIB) presented the work completed so far within the Immersive Accessibility Project at the 34th annual CSUN Assistive Technology Conference. The annual conference which is widely regarded … Continue reading “ImAc Project at CSUN 2019”

The research group Transmedia Catalonia (UAB), part of the ImAc consortium, signed a collaboration agreement last Thursday, 27th February with APANAH, an association from Alicante based in Elda for deaf people and their families. APANAH is a non-profit association, whose main goal is the educational, professional and social integration of deaf people through oral communication. … Continue reading “ImAc Pilot: Transmedia Catalonia (UAB) and APANAH to collaborate for user testing”

When developing tools for accessibility it is essential to ensure that the applications that you build are also fully compatible with other already existing technologies that consumers are already using. A key requirement identified within the ImAc project was the need for voice control. We have therefore built a prototype to demonstrate how existing voice … Continue reading “Prototype: Integration with Amazon Alexa”

The coordinators of the ImAc, EasyTV, Content4ALL and SIGN-HUB organized a workshop “Beyond Media and Convergence accessibility cluster: a European perspective on accessibility” in the frame of Accessibility Cluster as part of the Media Convergence and Social Media Concertation Meeting organized by the European Commission. The workshop was jointly organized by the coordinators of the … Continue reading “H2020 Accessibility Cluster Workshop 5th February 2019”

Subtitles are the most common and versatile accessibility service across broadcast and broadband media services. Subtitles have expanded from between languages to same language subtitles, subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, and verbatim transcriptions. Likewise, subtitles can also become a hybrid access service when generated based on Easy-to-Read guidelines, or when are read … Continue reading “Scenarios, requirements and potential solutions for Audio Subtitles, an ecological access service”

TED Conferences LLC (Technology, Entertainment, Design) based in US is a media organisation. It has generated and localised the concept of videos based on “ideas worth spreading” in a talk format. These talks are distributed online for free. A new talk on subtitles has been created by Svetlana Kouznetsova. The video explains how producers of … Continue reading “TED Conferences LLC”

The integration of immersive audio including Audio Description (AD) in 360° video content is a relevant step to enable low-sighted and blind people to enjoy the full experience. To achieve this goal, new ways of producing and delivering the audio content need to be tested and developed. Furthermore, it is key for a good end … Continue reading “Audio Description for 360° video content”

A lot of video content focusses on the image with the audio environment defaulting to simple stereo. This could change with the adoption of object-based audio protocols such as Dolby Atmos however which offer a fully immersive 3D audio experience. Object based audio offers several potential accessibility improvements but it’s also important to consider how … Continue reading “Audio description in 3D audio”

The ITU-EC Forum for Europe on “Accessible Europe: ICT for ALL” is underway in Vienna, Austria, from 12 to 14 December 2018. This regional event for Europe is jointly organized by the Telecommunication Development Bureau (BDT) of the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) and European Commission (EC), and hosted by United Nations Vienna. https://www.itu.int/en/ITU-D/Regional-Presence/Europe/Pages/Events/2018/AE/AccessibleEurope.aspx Accessible Europe is … Continue reading “ImAc booth and presentation at UN Viena at the ITU-EC Forum for Europe on “Accessible Europe: ICT for ALL””

The ImAc platform embraces the 360° / VR media, the user requirements (the ImAc project follows a bottom-up approach via a user-centric methodology) and the TTML-based format, but without losing its backward compatibility and interconnection with existing systems. This is important in order to have an effective and smooth introduction of new technologies into the … Continue reading “Anglatecnic finalises in November the first phase of the ImAc platform tools for accessibility content production”

On 16 November, the European Disability Forum (EDF) and Österreichischer Behindertenrat hosted and event on “Using Artificial Intelligence to enhance accessibility – Opportunities and risks of emerging technologies for persons with disabilities”. The aim was to fully explore the potential of emerging technologies. It focused on technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and aimed to debate and … Continue reading “ImAc presented at EDF event”

Every year the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) organises a meeting of Access Services experts. The objective is to raise the most important questions during a plenary session which has become over the years, the meeting point for those working in accessibility services across EBU organizations. This event is a great opportunity to meet with other colleagues working in … Continue reading “ImAc at EBU Accessibility Expert 2018, Geneva SRT”

Audio-visual accessibility: a growing market Audio-visual accessibility services like subtitles, close caption, audio description or sign language are more and more necessary for people with a visual or hearing disability who want to fully enjoy access to media contents on TV or videos on the internet. For the time being, accessibility services concern at least … Continue reading “Accessibility boosts your whole audience engagement”

Immersive Acccessibility European project was presented at the UN agency ITU IRG-AVA Meeting (Intersector Rapporteur Group Audiovisual Media Accessibility) which studies topics related to audiovisual media accessibility and aims at developing draft Recommendations for “Access Systems” that can be used for all media delivery systems, including broadcast, cable, Internet, and IPTV. In this meeting Francesc … Continue reading “ImAc progress is presented in the UN agency ITU (International Communication Union)”

Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) project funded by the European Union’s Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020 was presented at this year’s Languages & The Media conference in Berlin (October 3-5th 2018). The theme of this year’s Languages & The Media was “The Fourth Industrial Revolution – Reshaping Languages in the Media”. The conference examined various developments, innovations … Continue reading “IMAC at Languages & The Media 2018”

Throughout the course of the ImAc project, we will be organisng  three workshops. The first one will take place in Berlin, on October 3rd during the Languages and the Media 2018 conference. For more information, see the programme below: Subtitling in Immersive Formats Presenters: Pilar Orero, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain Francesc Mas, CCMA, Spain … Continue reading “ImAc Workshop 1”

Responsive Subtitles [1] are an approach to subtitling that adopts techniques used in responsive web site design. The traditional approach to formatting subtitles uses fixed size blocks of text displayed for set periods of time, which although is sufficient for a standard television set up is far from ideal for immersive displays and 360o video. … Continue reading “Experimental: Responsive Subtitles for 360º video”

The annual Internationale Funkausstellung (IFA) in Berlin is one of the world’s largest fairs for consumer electronics, addressing both professional visitors and the general public. This year, the ImAc project was presented at the “Digitalen Welt der ARD” in hall 2.2.  Visitors were invited to watch 360° demo videos using the latest version of the … Continue reading “ImAc presented at the IFA 2018 – RBB”

Immersive Accessibility Project (IMAC) is developing tools and solutions to translate VR and 360 degree content into multi-sensory experiences for people with sight and hearing loss. Through focus groups and closer collaboration with end users, the IMAC Team is  exploring how traditional access tools such as audio description, subtitling, audio subtitling and sign language can … Continue reading “IMAC at IBC Amsterdam this week”

ISO (the International Organization for Standardization) (https://www.iso.org/home.html) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (ISO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through ISO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been established has the right to be represented on that … Continue reading “ImAc will be presented in ISO meeting 27-31 August 2018 in Okayama (Japan) – I2CAT & UAB”

The Immersive Accessibility Project (ImAc) funded by the European Union’s Research and Innovation programme Horizon 2020 was presented at this year’s M-Enabling Summit in Washington DC (June 11-13th 2018). This 30-month project is exploring the user requirements of people with sight and hearing loss in the context of consuming 360 degree content and understanding how traditional … Continue reading “ImAc presented at the 2018 M-Enabling Summit”

The Immersive Accessibility Project (ImAc) aims to make content produced in 360 degree easier to consume and enjoy for people with hearing and sight loss. The user centered design approach has ensured that user preferences are prioritised in the product design within ImAc. Regular feedback from potential end users is allowing the team to design … Continue reading “ImAc Pilots – CCMA”

In a previous post we discussed our motivation for exploring alternative presentation options for subtitles in 360° media. In this article we will have a deeper look, describe the impact of switching to a 360° scenery and show some approaches how subtitles could be handled. Mapping subtitles to 360° media Let’s have a look at … Continue reading “Subtitles for 360° media – alternative presentation for immersive experiences (part 2) – IRT”

The Digital Assembly 2018 will take place on 25 and 26 June in Sofia, Bulgaria. The event is co-organised by the European Commission and the Bulgarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union. The Digital Assembly is a major annual forum that gathers more than 1,000 stakeholders and high-level policymakers to debate the EU … Continue reading “IMAC at the Digital Agenda in Sofia – UAB”

The NEM Initiative – New European Media Initiative – was established as one of the European Technology Platforms under the Seventh Framework Programme aiming at fostering the convergence between consumer electronics, broadcasting and telecoms to develop a new business sector of networks and electronic media. In order to respond to this new need and under the requirement of the … Continue reading “Sergi Fernández (i2cat) and Pilar Orero (UAB) elected for NEM Steering Board – UAB”

Introduction Motion Picture Expert Group [MPEG], a working group from IEC and ISO which laid the foundation for the multimedia industry with the MPEG-2 TS and the MP4 file formats, a series of successful codecs both in video (MPEG-2 Video, AVC/H264) and audio (MP3, AAC) and the new generation codecs with MPEG 3D Audio, HEVC … Continue reading “Our journey at MPEG Meeting #122: make accessibility great again – MotionSpell”

The Project ImAc was presented this year as part of the 2018 GAAD on May 17th at Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB). GAAD is a global action that has been organised since 2015, always on the third Thursday of May. The TransMedia Catalonia research group, based at UAB and partner in ImAc joined GAAD for … Continue reading “ImAc presented at Global Accessibility Awareness Day GAAD 2018 – UAB”

In ImAC we have deliberately chosen to involve users in the main phases of the project to get continuous feedback. As a result of a number of focus groups involving end users held in November 2017, we have come up with several concepts about the presentation of accessibility services in 360° content. The outcome highlights … Continue reading “Realisation of user-centred design – RBB”

A key element of any software development is the architectural design. In the same way the architecture of a building not only defines the look of the finished construction but also the materials, structures and how they all fit together, these things must all be defined for a software framework.  This is especially important for … Continue reading “User requirements to Architecture design – The University of Salford”

When subtitles are provided in a 360° environment, they are typically fixed at the bottom of the screen and centered horizontally. This is fine for common 2D TV, but maybe is not the best strategy for 360° media. By making use of the additional “dimension”, maybe subtitles can convey more than just textual information. Whereas … Continue reading “Subtitles for 360° media – alternative presentation for immersive experiences (part 1)- IRT”

User centered design approach in ImAc has meant that the user requirements of potential end users such the need to access and engage with immersive content independently are prioritised during the development stages of the project.  Real end users are involved in every step of the design and implementation of the tools that will enable … Continue reading “UAB and i2cat test Eye-tracking in 360º – UAB”

As in any project, Dissemination is one of the most dynamic activities in the Immersive Accessibility Project (ImAc) and this document sets out the activities planned as part of it. These activities aim to promote the project and make results available to relevant stakeholders from academia and the industry through the course of this 30-month … Continue reading “Immersive Accessibility Project: Dissemination Plan (Version 1)”

This February, Anglatècnic has begun work on the new technical platform of the ImAc project. Anglatècnic is passionate about research and development in new technologies that are or will end up being disruptive and we believe the ImAc Project presents us with a great opportunity to actively participate in immersive technologies such as 360 and … Continue reading “Designing prototypes and developing tools – Anglatècnic”

The Immersive Accessibility Project (ImAc) aims to design tools that will assist with the integration of accessibility features into immersive environments. Four of the nine ImAc partners are based in Barcelona and collaborate with Liceu Opera House on a regular basis. Given the comprehensive social policy embraced at Liceu and the many accessibility services regularly … Continue reading “ImAc goes to the opera: Romeo and Juliette in 360º – UAB”

The GPAC Licensing members have been long time supporters of accessibility initiatives. Magnifier effect while playing a video. GPAC is an open-source project and as such, our aim is to make services and products accessible for the wider community. Our user base includes dozens of thousands of people. This means that both our communication and our software … Continue reading “Motion Spell / GPAC Licensing participates in the Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) project – GPAC Licensing”

The ImAc project follows a user centric approach and regular feedback is an integral part of the development process in this project. The initial focus groups organised as part of work package 1 aimed to understand the needs of end users in relation to accessibility services in immersive media. This was done in collaboration with … Continue reading “Catalan Focus Group for immersive subtitles and sign Language – CCMA”

There are currently four different options to view immersive content: An immersive VR headset in combination with a powerful PC or games console, VR viewer with a mounted smartphone, a smartphone itself and a web video player. The user experience varies between these options, for instance the level of immersion is very high when using … Continue reading “Experience of immersive content – RBB”

Last week Google and the European Disability Forum (EDF) organised a two-day event on the future-proofing new technologies to embrace human diversity http://www.edf-feph.org/newsroom/news/edf-and-google-hold-event-european-parliament-artificial-intelligence-accessibility-0 Upcoming technology promises an impending age where many of society’s challenges can be overcome for persons with disabilities but only if inclusion is taken into account at an early stage. This is … Continue reading “ImAc is presented at the EDF ICT Expert Group at Google”

Immersive accessibility: introducing a narrator 11.11.2017 Remember when the beautiful blue species of Avatar leapt onto silver screens in all-consuming 3D and made the world gasp in awe at immersive virtual reality? The year was 2009 and we have seen a few different formats emerge since then. Dynamic 3D followed soon after and, eight years … Continue reading “Immersive accessibility: introducing a narrator”

La Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals (CCMA) participa en el projecte Immersive Accessibility (ImAc), finançat pel programa de recerca i innovació de la Unió Europea Horitzó 2020. Read more on their website. Click here to redirect.

What are end user expectations from VR media environments? ImAc (Immersive Accessibility GA 761974) has defined a user-centric design methodology to help defining technological requirements and developments in the project. During the 30-month project, the first three months are dedicated to understand the needs of end users regarding accessibility services in immersive media. The services … Continue reading “ImAc Immersive Accessibility – UAB”

Back in March we talked about the challenges of designing subtitle behaviours for 360° video content. We explained some of the challenges that arise and described four behaviours that we had implemented for testing. We have now completed the testing and analysed the results, and it’s fair to say that we have been slightly surprised. So, … Continue reading “User Testing Subtitles for 360° Content”