DOUG WILLIAMS from BT R&D reports on a notable success for the project: 2-IMMERSE are very pleased to report that the multi-screen presentation of MotoGP, developed as part of the 2-IMMERSE project has won the 2018 ‘Best multiscreen HbbTV service” award from the HbbTV Association. (Note for new readers, HbbTV is an abbreviation for ‘Hybrid […]

CHRISTOPH ZIEGLER from 2-IMMERSE partner IRT introduces a parallel project that uses HbbTV 2 technology in an innovative way.  IRT’s project, ‘A Tangible TV Companion for a Children’s Quiz Show’, has been nominated in the category ‘Best multiscreen HbbTV service’ in the 2018 HbbTV Awards, the winners of which are announced on 14 November. 2-IMMERSE […]

In a technical post, AVIVA VAKNIN from 2-IMMERSE partner Cisco outlines the operation of the algorithm behind the project’s layout engine. The motivation for the 2-IMMERSE layout service is to provide a cloud based, highly available layout engine that could provide a layout for a dynamically varying set of digital application components over a set of […]

JI LIE of the Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group at CWI Amsterdam writes about the project’s recent encounters with broadcast professionals. 2-IMMERSE is developing a production platform for creating multiscreen and immersive experiences by TV professionals. The production platform includes three software components: A preproduction tool that aims at digitalizing the authoring process in an object-based […]

DOUG WILLIAMS of BT R&D offers some first thoughts after IBC 2018: 2-IMMERSE was well represented in the Future Zone at IBC – the world’s leading media technology exhibition – over the weekend, from 13-18 September. Team members had the chance to meet, address and learn from more than 57,000 of the most engaged power […]

2-IMMERSE is approaching the end of its three year term.  With three and a half of our four prototype services developed, and with them all running on the same common platform, it is a good time to share the progress we have made with the wider media community. That is why we are spending a […]

“BT Sport: Object-based delivery ‘next big thing’ ” – so reads the title of a recent article on the web site Advanced Television.  Doug Williams from BT argues that this illustrates that we are making progress on exploitation – although perhaps not in the way you might expect. A key objective of an Innovation action […]

Jie Li honoured with Best Paper Award On 27 June Jie Li of the Distributed and Interactive Systems (DIS) group at 2-IMMERSE partner CWI was awarded with the Best Paper Award at ACM TVX 2018, the ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for Television and Online Video. Li won the award for the paper ‘A […]

MICHAEL PROBST from the 2-IMMERSE partner IRT introduces an impressive video showcasing our MotoGP prototype running on a HbbTV 2 television. The 2-IMMERSE architecture has been built around the HbbTV 2 specification, mainly using the new protocols defined for interaction and media synchronisation with multiple screens in the home network. During the services trials, the […]

The 2-IMMERSE Football production team report on the success of our major trial at Wembley. 2-IMMERSE passed another milestone at the recent 2018 FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium between Chelsea and Manchester United as we proved our prototype end-to-end live production system for object-based broadcasting to multiple screens. For those that may not know […]

BT Group plc has just published its latest annual report for the year ended 31 March 2018, a .pdf of which is available here. This is a hefty document primarily for shareholders detailing the activities of the telecommunications and technology giant, including the research and development operation that is a 2-IMMERSE partner. We are delighted […]

Central to the work and the prototypes of 2-IMMERSE is the creation of DMApps. MARK LOMAS from BBC R&D offers an explanation of how the project understands them. What is a DMApp? At first glance, the word ‘DMApp’ looks simple enough, but this crafty little concept had us scratching our heads for quite some time […]

A report from our man on the terraces, DOUG WILLIAMS from BT R&D: 2-IMMERSE is developing a live service prototype based on football that we aim to test at the FA Cup final on 19 May this year.  Several 2-IMMERSE project participants gave up this last weekend to take part in key technical tests to […]

DOUG WILLIAMS from BT R&D reports on our first user testing for the 2-IMMERSE MotoGP prototype: Back in November 2017 we started evaluation of our MotoGP service prototype with people (real, ordinary people!) who were using it in their own home. The MotoGP service prototype is a multi-screen experience delivered via our cloud based micro-service […]

The trade fair, exhibition and conference NAB is one of the fixtures on the calendars of all the key influencers in the broadcasting industry.  NAB, which took place 7-12 April in Las Vegas, and its sister conference IBC, in Amsterdam 13-18 September, are great litmus tests for what is important for the industry. This year […]