Do you know what volumetric video is? Do you know what it’s for? The answers, at the 4K HDR Summit 2024 in Seville
- The world’s leading Ultra High Definition (UHD) summit will address the application of AI in audiovisual and the future of immersive digital content, such as volumetric video
- “Developing a platform to transmit live volumetric video is a complex challenge, but also a great opportunity for the future of virtual production,” says Ana DomÃnguez, senior researcher at Vicomtech
- Seville hosts the X edition of the 4K HDR Summit, to be held at the Nissan Cartuja Auditorium from November 11 to 14 in hybrid format
The present, future and applications of the most advanced audiovisual technology (UHD/4K, HDR, 8K) will be presented in Seville with the celebration of the 4K HDR Summit, “Where technology and content have time to talk”, which returns to the Andalusian capital to celebrate its tenth anniversary. The Nissan Cartuja Auditorium will host this event to be held from November 11 to 14 in hybrid format with two face-to-face days (Monday 11 and Tuesday 12) and two virtual days (13 and 14), coinciding with the 21st edition of the European Film Festival of Seville.
Companies, institutions and associations from Asia, the United States, Latin America and Europe meet in an event already consolidated as a world reference on technology and content in Ultra High Definition (UHD). Among them, Vicomtech, a technology center specializing in applied research in the field of visual and interactive digital technologies based in San Sebastian (Basque Country), which in this tenth edition will present a platform designed to transmit live volumetric video.
Volumetric video: immersive revolution
Vicomtech will be represented at the 4K HDR Summit by senior researcher Ana Dominguez, who will present the challenges and applications in audiovisual production of volumetric video, a promising and booming technology due to the popularization of Extended Reality (XR) applications. Volumetric video applied to Extended Reality (ER) is revolutionizing the way we experience immersive digital content. From entertainment and education to commerce and communications, this technology enables unprecedented interaction and realism in both virtual and augmented applications, creating a new level of immersion for users.
Although its application offers more realistic, dynamic and flexible interactions in various areas, “developing a platform to transmit live volumetric video is a complex challenge, but also a great opportunity for the future of virtual production,” says Ana DomÃnguez, part of Vicomtech’s multidisciplinary team of highly qualified researchers and technicians.
Vicomtech, at the cutting edge of AI
This center of Visual Interaction and Communications Technologies, which has in its DNA the development of technological enablers for the creation of immersive, interactive and intelligent experiences focused on people, actively participates in research projects at local, national and international level, collaborating with companies, universities and technology centers in research consortia. In addition, the center is involved in the development of the European Horizon 2020 programs, where it plays a key role in technology transfer and the development of new technological applications together with a large number of partners from multiple European countries.
Vicomtech is a benchmark in applied research in the field of digital technologies, with a strong focus on technology transfer to industry and the creation of innovative solutions that improve the competitiveness and efficiency of the sectors in which it operates, including the audiovisual industry.
Vicomtech‘s main objective is to support technological innovation and the development of advanced solutions in various industrial sectors, through applied research in key areas such as artificial intelligence, big data and extended reality.
The conferences of the 4K HDR Summit 2024 can be followed on Medina Media Events’ ‘The Observatory‘ and will be available 24/365. On this platform, attendees can also schedule video meetings with other participants and speakers, in addition to exclusive virtual demonstrations.
