SES Teaming With Fraunhofer at IBC to Demo 10K ‘Panoramic Video Signal’

SES will team with Berlin's Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute to demo a “groundbreaking R&D project” at the IBC show by transmitting a 10K x 2K “panoramic video signal” via satellite to multiple devices at the SES stand, SES said in a Monday announcement. The signal, beamed from SES’s Astra satellite at 19.2 degrees east, will be viewable on an Ultra HD display as well as on several virtual reality headsets, SES said. “The viewer can choose a viewing angle, zoom in and out, turn the picture on the TV display using a simple remote control or choose to wear a VR headset, where the video signal is delivered simultaneously.” Footage shot on an OmniCam-360 camera and shown in the demo will provide a “first glimpse” of what a future 360-degree VR video image “would look like,” it said. “For the first time, it allows the viewer a truly immersive experience of being part of a virtual event, whether it is sports, concerts or other live shows.” IBC’s exhibit floor opens Friday in Amsterdam for a six-day run.