metaverse

Disguise receives £1.2 million in joint EU/Innovate UK MAX-R funding

MAX-R aims to promote innovation in virtual production, extended reality (XR), virtual reality (VR) and metaverse technologies

Metaverse

Nokia makes world’s first immersive audio call, paving way to XR and metaverse applications

The IVAS codec technology enables live spatial audio across any connected devices (e.g. smartphones, tablets or PCs), enabling users to engage in real-life interaction...

Metaverse

Rohde & Schwarz heads to the metaverse

Company has partnered with Slalom to develop a concept to assess and measure the end-to-end quality of XR experiences that considers network, device, and...

Virtual Production

Korea Metaverse Industry Association enters MoU with Pixotope

K-META and Pixotope will engage in various activities, including the joint development of training courses and education programmes based on both parties’ infrastructure as...

Metaverse

Connecting Gen Z to the news through virtual production

Middle East news and information platform blinx is targeting younger viewers with a mix of storytelling and extended reality using Vizrt technology. But, as...

Virtual Production

What’s in store in 2024: Virtual production, cloud, AI and IP-based workflows

Welcome to a new feature series looking back at the key trends in the media and entertainment industry during 2023 and what we'll be...

Media Delivery

Global network traffic demand predicted to reach up to 3,109 exabytes per month in 2030

Nokia's report looks at how the metaverse, AI, and 8K TV could impact global network traffic in the next seven years

Metaverse

The end of the road for the metaverse?

Has the metaverse reached the end of the road or is it just the beginning? José Somolinos, solutions strategist & XR lead at Accedo,...

Metaverse

Vizrt heads to the metaverse with blinx

The company is working with start-up blinx, which delivers narratives produced by younger people, for younger people

Metaverse

disguise, Move.ai partner on high-fidelity motion capture

The two companies are developing a custom AI technology based on real-time markerless motion capture software, Invisible

IBC

Synthetic humans, 5G motion capture, and data distribution among IBC Accelerator Programme 2023

Proof of concept demonstrations of all the projects will be presented live on the Innovation Stage at IBC 2023, taking place from 15th-18th September

Metaverse

Disney ‘closes metaverse division’

Disney's move into the metaverse was driven by former CEO Bob Chapek, who described it as “the next great storytelling frontier”

Media Delivery

Emmerdale heads into the metaverse

The research and development project, dubbed Extending Emmerdale, will see the development of two new projects using the programme’s IP to create experimental prototypes...

Media Delivery

Nokia, DOCOMO, NTT implement AI and ML into 6G radio air interface

The companies have also utilised new sub-terahertz (sub-THz) spectrum, which would allow 6G networks to support the most bandwidth-intensive future use cases requiring multi-gigabit...

Production & Post

What’s in store for the media tech industry in 2023: AR, VR, and the metaverse

Why the biggest battles of 2023 could be around the use of augmented reality, and 5G and multi-access edge computing (MEC) could play a...

Media Management

Cloud: the great enabler

TVBEurope sits down with Marc Aldrich, general manager for global media and entertainment at AWS, to discuss the cloud, FAST, playout, the metaverse and...

Media Delivery

Accedo launches metaverse solution for sports broadcasters

The modular solution allows rights holders and broadcasters to choose only the add-ons they require, such as multicamera, live stats, or co-watching using XR...

Live Production

‘The cameras will go where TV doesn’t usually have access’: Discovery Sports prepares for metaverse debut

Warner Bros Discovery's Francois Ribiero and Scott Young talk to TVBEurope about the broadcaster's coverage of cycling's UCI Track Champions League, and why the...

Media Delivery

EBU establishes Web3.0 and metaverse working group

EBU is inviting members to join the group, and has appointed Alberto Ciprian from RAI R&D to serve as its chair

Media Delivery

Warner Bros Discovery Sports to take audiences into the metaverse

Infinite Reality has been appointed Discovery Sports Events exclusive metaverse partner

Business

Into the metaverse: multi-million-pound investment into UK screen and performance industries

UK researchers are being called on to develop new technologies to reimagine screen and performance and help to ensure the future prosperity of the...

Business

September edition of TVBEurope out now

Our September 2022 issue offers the latest insight on UHD and HDR capabilities, as well as a look at he restoration of early Morecambe...

Media Delivery

Exclusive: BT Sport joins Metaverse Standards Forum

BT Sport's Matt Stagg talks to TVBEurope about the decision to join the Forum, and how the metaverse is a key part of BT...

Media Delivery

ITV Studios takes Gordon Ramsay into the metaverse

The Hell’s Kitchen restaurant experiences have been designed with input from Ramsay, and will be hosted on ITV’s LAND in The Sandbox

Media Management

NAGRA takes anti-piracy capabilities to the metaverse

Company worked with the Brazilian Ministry of Justice on an investigation that entered the metaverse for the first time

Business

disguise expands metaverse plans with Meptik acquisition

disguise CEO Fernando Kufer says the acquisition of the creative studio will help it lead the next era in extended reality and metaverse experiences

Audio

New TV and film music platform launches ready for the metaverse

It will feature a curated gallery of Dolby Atmos as standard soundtracks and songs for cinema, TV, advertising, trailers, games, VR, AR and XR

Media Delivery

The metaverse and the forgotten value of video

Guy Parry-Williams, founder of Imedia8, takes a look at the value of video and immersive technology in helping companies reach a bigger audience

Business

New organisation aims to drive open metaverse interoperability

The Metaverse Standards Forum will focus on technologies around 3D assets and rendering, AR and VR, and user-created content

Media Delivery

PWC: 8.1 million petabytes of data will be consumed in 2026

In its Global Entertainment and Media Outlook 2022-2026, PwC predicts mobile data consumption will rise to 3.8 million PB a year

Business

Media Innovation Hub to open in Hilversum this autumn

It will focus on new applications for entertainment and media content, including immersive content

People

Disney pushes metaverse ambitions with latest hire

Mark Bozon and his team "will be instrumental in defining and designing new storytelling experiences across various physical and digital canvases"

Production & Post

disguise enters the metaverse

disguise intends to build capability to offer virtual production workflows custom-designed for the metaverse

Media Delivery

Serie A broadcasts first match in the metaverse

"We have chosen to be the first to broadcast a football match in the metaverse because we believe that the frontier of technological innovation...

Media Consumption

Streaming v the Metaverse: Deloitte publishes 2022 Digital Media Trends report

The report suggests a major shift is underway which could see the business models of streamers, social media, and gaming companies further disrupted by...