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SkyMedia at 3D Cooperative Research Projects Workshop

2012-02-14T13:01:00.000+01:00

SkyMedia participated to a workshop on "3D Cooperative Research Projects", which has been held on January 31, 2012, in Paris, at Telecom ParisTech premises and organised by NXP.

The workshop was restricted to collaborative research projects partners and relatives. Invitations have been sent by the representatives of the concerned projects and gathered contributions from five collaborative research projects:

3DLive a French FUI project
CALDER a French ANR project
iGlance a EUREKA MEDEA+ project
JEDI a EUREKA ITEA2 project
SkyMedia a FP7 ICT project

SkyMedia contributed with a poster on stereoscopic acquisition and 3D/HD processing in the SkyMedia architecture, illustrating the main steps from the acquisition to the reality augmentation on end-users terminals.

The event was co-located with the "3D Video Workshop", organised by Telecom ParisTech in collaboration with the SEE club SI2D (Signal, Image, Information & Decision).

SkyMedia on BBC White Paper "3D-TV R&D Activities in Europe"

2012-01-03T17:08:00.003+01:00

The SkyMedia project has been mentioned on the BBC R&D White Paper "3D-TV R&D Activities in Europe", as one of the 3D TV focused projects funded under the aegis of the EU 7th Framework Programme.

This new BBC White Paper reveals research into holographic displays, 3D holoscopy for the Internet, new spatial sound systems, laser based glasses free 3D screens for multiple viewers and 3D video for mobile.

SkyMedia Interactive application test at Turin Marathon 2011

2011-12-06T11:46:00.000+01:00

During the technological pre-test carried out at Turin Marathon 2011, the interactive application developed within the framework of the SkyMedia project was tested.

The Interactive application was designed to allow users to constantly follow the event, even with augmented and interactive information. In order to guarantee a complete immersive experience, both during and after the race, for spectators and VIP audience, three different modes for the application have been designed: the Live, Director, and Offline mode.

During the pre-test carried out at Turin Marathon 2011, only the Offline application was shown to the audience. This application allows spectators to watch highlights and runners’ performances after the race.

The SkyMedia Interactive application will be shown with full functionalities, together with the Live and the Director mode, during the second pre-test at Tutta Dritta 2012 (April 22, 2012) and during the final demonstration at Turin Marathon 2012.

For this demonstration of the Interactive application, a 42’’ HD touchscreen was mounted in the dedicated SkyMedia booth, at the Expo area in Piazza Castello in Turin. The interactive application was exposed for all the three days event and every people interested in was invited to test it.

The SkyMedia 42'' Full HD Touch Screen monitor

Through the application it was possible to see pre-recorded video from the previous year edition of the race, along with the six SkyMedia runners' personal data and performance such as heartbeat, race time, pace, running distance, and calories burned.

SkyMedia Offline Interactive application

It was also available the Touristic Information page, where end users could navigate a map with the route of the marathon and highlighed point of interest, with historical and touristic information.

SkyMedia Offline Interactive application - Touristic Information view

The testers of the Interactive application was invited to fill in and submit a questionnaire on their user experience. Their feedback was really impressive: the application received indeed high marks in all aspects: usefulness, usability, and graphics.

The SkyMedia questionnaire

SkyMedia presented at the SMAT-F1 workshop

2011-11-25T14:24:00.003+01:00

The SkyMedia partner Nimbus presented a talk entitled "Acquisizione dati da UAV a bassa quota ed integrazione con WSN e social network: il Progetto FP7-SkyMedia e il test case Turin Marathon" (Data acquisition from low altitude UAV and WSN and social network integration: the SkyMedia FP7 Project and the Turin Marathon test case) at the SMAT-F1 Workshop.

The workshop, organised in the framework of the dissemination activities of the SMAT-F1 project, has been held on the 22nd of November 2011, at ALTEC premises, co-organised by the Computer Science department of the University of Turin and ALTEC.

SkyMedia at Turin Marathon 2011

2011-11-21T14:11:00.000+01:00

The EC-FP7 project SkyMedia has carried out a technological pre-test during the 25th Marathon of Turin, which has been held on November 13, 2011.

The Turin Marathon is a classical and important sport event that, in this year edition, has attracted more than three thousands of professional and amateur runners. The marathon starts and ends in the centre of the city of Turin, in the beautiful Piazza Castello, and touches along its course also seven villages in the nearby of Turin.

A set of SkyMedia sub-systems has been pre-tested during the three-day event: the Interactive application, the Mobile application with QR codes, the runners' Application, the Wi-Fi ad-hoc network, the 3D cameras, and the Multimedia Service Platform.

SkyMedia booth in Piazza Castello

The focus of the test has been also on evaluating the end users response to these technologies, which has been enthusiastic. For this reason, several people, external to the project, have been involved:

6 amateur runners have directly participated using the runners' application during the race and wearing the QR code.
30 end users tested the Interactive application and gave feedback through a questionnaire.

This pre-test has been also important in order to arrange and to evaluate logistical details in the same scenario where the final project demonstration will take place.

Turin Marathon 2011 pre-test at Italian newscast

2011-11-11T17:18:00.016+01:00

The RAI TG Leonardo, one of the most distinguished newscasts on the Italian public television, dedicated to technological and scientifical topics, mentioned the technological pre-test carried out by the SkyMedia project during the Turin Marathon 2011, in a report dedicated to this important sport event.

The full broadcast is available here (in Italian, from minute 6:44 to minute 9:12).

SkyMedia pre-test at Turin Marathon 2011

2011-11-05T10:39:00.003+01:00

On November 13, 2011, the EC-FP7 project SkyMedia will carry out a technological pre-test during the 25th Marathon of Turin.
The SkyMedia project will pre-test a set of key technologies in the immersive and interactive entertainment media field including the use of live 3D processing, sensors on runners, mobile applications, interactive digital signage, and video capture from the sky using an innovative hybrid metaplane concept. These tests will be instrumental and propedeutic to prepare for the final project demonstration.
This year marathon (www.turinmarathon.it) is indeed special as it falls within the celebration of the 150th Anniversary of the Unification of Italy, and will thus be at the centre of the media focus. One of Italy largest and most respected newspapers, "La Stampa", dedicated this week special articles to the marathon and to the participation of SkyMedia at the event (read the full article, in Italian).

SkyMedia at SMAU fair

2011-10-22T16:26:00.000+02:00

The SkyMedia consortium has participated to the SMAU fair, which has been held in Milan, from 19th to the 21th of October.

The SkyMedia stand is hosted in the Municipality of Turin booth and presents the whole set of trials that will be demonstrated during Turin Marathon 2011.

SkyMedia application in video surveillance

2011-10-19T16:08:00.004+02:00

SkyMedia partner Nimbus partecipated to the Seminar on Video-surveillance, organized by Axis Communications at the Province of Turin premises on October 10, 2011.

Nimbus presented SkyMedia capabilities in surveillance: the SkyMedia architecture has shown indeed great potential in the security field for several reasons:
- Low cost aerial video shooting, in security conditions and without environmental disturb
- Monitoring through sensors of ground areas
- Centralized multimedia data collection and processing
- Direct interface with citizens' mobile phones
- Direct interaction with citizens' through touch screen interfaces

For more information about the seminar, please visit the web site (in Italian).

SmatF1: Italy Demonstrates UAV Ops in Civil Airspace

2011-10-14T20:02:00.001+02:00

The SkyMedia partner Nimbus is involved in the SMAT F1 project, whose aim is to simulate a joint land-monitoring mission for civil purposes and to study and test a monitoring system for the prevention, emergency and territorial protection phases in a wide range of events such as floods, fires, landslides, traffic, town planning, pollution and farming. The monitoring system is to operate in an integrated manner with the authorities responsible for managing these events, providing them with timely information and real-time updates through a monitoring and coordination station..

This video represents the trials of the demonstration of Italy's SMAT F1 project (advanced land monitoring system, phase 1) with aircraft flying over Levaldigi (Cuneo-Italy), Benevagienna (Cuneo-Italy) and Turin (Italy).

SkyMedia at the NEM Summit 2011

2011-10-01T23:05:00.002+02:00

The SkyMedia project has participated to the 2011 NEM Summit exhibition, which took place on 27-29 September 2011, in Torino, Italy.

The project exhibited in a dedicated area for R&D projects funded under the FP7 programmes of the European Commission, addressing network and electronic media technologies and ICT.

Massimo Neri, the SkyMedia technical coordinator, has also been interviewed by "Onde Quadre", the Turin Polytechnic multimedia portal (in Italian):
http://www.ondequadre.polito.it/podcast_video.php?id_puntata=328

For more information about the NEM Summit follow the link to the official web site:
http://nem-summit.eu/

SkyMedia at ICME2011

2011-07-21T14:44:00.000+02:00

SkyMedia consortium has presented the publication “Skymedia – Uav-Based Capturing of HD/3D Content with WSN Augmentation for Immersive Media Experiences” showing the novel multimedia end-to-end architecture that can provide unique immersive media experiences to audience during live events in the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME2011) held in Barcelona, Spain from July 11 to 15, 2011.

The presentation has been accepted in the Workshop on Hot Topics in Multimedia Delivery (HotMD 2011) in the track of Multimedia-Aware Networking.

ICME is considered one of the most important conference in the field of multimedia sponsored by four IEEE societies since 2000. It serves as a forum to promote the exchange of the latest advances in multimedia technologies, systems, and applications from both the research and development perspectives of the circuits and systems, communications, computer, and signal processing communities.

SkyMedia and Nimbus at PROTEC 2011

2011-07-19T12:25:00.004+02:00

SkyMedia project activities were presented at the PROTEC 2011 event in Turin on June 30, 2011, within a conference session on light UAVs as enabling technologies for public protection and security.

The SkyMedia presentation focused on how the enabling technologies deployed within the SkyMedia project in the entertainment field can be used to deliver public protection and security applications as well. In particular, they allow to:

Perform low cost aerial captures, silently and safely;
monitor the most critical terrain areas through the use of sensor networks, using the UAV as a relay;
collect and process in a centralized manner all multimedia data collected on field;
interact with citizens directly on their mobile phones, enabling prompt alerts and signaling of important events;
interact with citizens using simple touchscreen interfaces deployed in strategically placed points of presence.

The Nimbus Metaplano

FogScreen on discover magazine

2011-06-22T18:23:00.002+02:00

David H. Freedman has dedicated an article on the section Future Tech of the Discover magazine to FogScreen. Read it!

Turin Marathon visit

2011-06-15T23:01:00.000+02:00

SkyMedia consortium partners visited Turin marathon race premises, where the live demonstration will take place on November 2012.

The visit has been really fruitful in order arrange the logistics of the final demonstration event.

SkyMedia meets Turin Marathon

2011-05-30T11:06:00.007+02:00

On May 26 Turin Marathon participated to one of the Progress Meetings of the EU-funded project SkyMedia, coordinated by Mavigex. Eight Partner companies coming from six different countries (Italy, Portugal, France, Hungary, Greece, and Finland).

The event has been also reported by one of the most important Italian newspaper, La Stampa. Read here the article (in Italian).

SkyMedia paper accepted at ICME HotMD 2011

2011-04-15T19:00:00.000+02:00

The SkyMedia paper "Skymedia – UAV-Based Capturing Of HD/3D Content with WSN Augmentation for Immersive Media Experiences" has been accepted at the ICME 2011 conference, which will be held in Barcelona, Spain, from July 11 to 15.

The paper will be presented at the special session HotMD2011 of the workshop WoMAN'11 - Workshop on Multimedia-Aware Networking 2011.

Turin Marathon Meeting

2010-12-15T10:47:00.001+01:00

SkyMedia representatives met Turin Marathon organizers in Turin on Dec 13, 2010 to discuss joint technology demonstrations during the next events.
Turin Marathon S.r.l. (Turin, Italy) is a service company managing and organizing events including marathons, concerts and music events. In particular, Turin Marathon S.r.l. sent an official Letter of Interest to the SkyMedia project expressing their availability for hosting one or more project technology demonstrations, and as such it is currently the strongest candidate for the hosting of the project final public demonstration. SkyMedia will empower the audience to interact with the live scene, enabling multiple user roles and providing an immersive media experience demonstration to the users attending the event.

SkyMedia meets COSMOTE and FORTHNET/NOVA

2010-11-30T16:25:00.002+01:00

The SkyMedia project consortium met COSMOTE and FORTHNET/NOVA in an interactive session held in Athens on November 26, 2010 within the progress meeting PM3 of the project.

SkyMedia participates at 2010 NEM Summit

2010-10-17T09:50:00.000+02:00

The SkyMedia project has participated at the exhibition space at the 2010 NEM Summit. The NEM Summit is a major conference and exhibition devoted to the field of networked and electronic media and ICT at large, was organized on October 13-15, 2010 in Barcelona (Spain) by NEM European Technology Platform, under the aegis of the European Commission's DG Information Society and Media. NEM 2010 attendees had the chance to visit SkyMedia’s booth and discuss with project delegates about the project innovations, early results and expected impact in 3D media markets.

The SkyMedia booth at NEM Summit 2010

SkyMedia meets EMI Music and ST-Ericsson

2010-09-13T22:42:00.011+02:00

The SkyMedia project consortium met EMI Music and ST-Ericsson in an interactive session held in Paris on September 10 within the progress meeting PM2 of the project.