ImAc production tools and player demonstrated at EBU BroadThinking

ImAc production tools and player demonstrated at EBU BroadThinking

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 co-organizes the “First International Workshop on Tools for Creating XR Media Experiences”

ImAc co-organizes the “First International Workshop on Tools for Creating XR Media Experiences”

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””

ImAc at IBC 2019

ImAc at IBC 2019

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”

Immersive Media is still booming at the last MPEG Meeting #126 in Geneva

Immersive Media is still booming at the last MPEG Meeting #126 in Geneva

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”

ImAc Consortium meets to discuss the next steps

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”

Prototype: Integration with Amazon Alexa

Prototype: Integration with Amazon Alexa

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”

Scenarios, requirements and potential solutions for Audio Subtitles, an ecological access service

Scenarios, requirements and potential solutions for Audio Subtitles, an ecological access service

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”

Audio Description for 360° video content

Audio Description for 360° video content

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”

Anglatecnic finalises in November the first phase of the ImAc platform tools for accessibility content production

Anglatecnic finalises in November the first phase of the ImAc platform tools for accessibility content production

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”