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Immersive Television
The Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications, Heinrich-Hertz-Institute has developed a multi channel high resolution video transmission and reproduction system. It contains out of three DVB compatible MPEG-2 High Definition player/recorder units (CineBox), which are able to record, store and simultaneously play, and an Ultra High Definition (UHDTV) Merger unit, which is able to combine each sequence into a extremely high resolution image (up to 3 x 3 HD, that is 5760 x 3240 pixels) (Fig. 1). Up to three HD-channels (middle line of the 3x3 matrix) could be HD-sequences of a CineBox, which either are received terrestrially or are read simultaneously out of an integrated storage. The other six HD-channels are static, that means (virtual) pictures, which are directly stored in the Merger's storage. Within this Ultra High resolution picture, the user, equipped with data glasses (TV resolution) and a Head-Tracker, is able to navigate by moving his head and therefore quasi interactively able to select the window of most interest for him (Fig. 2).
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Components of Immersive Television System |
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Navigation in the scene |
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Contact:
Christian Weissig
Fraunhofer Institut für Nachrichtentechnik, Heinrich-Hertz-Institut
Einsteinufer 37, 10587 Berlin
Fax:+49-30-392 72 00
Tel. +49-30-31002-571
Email: weissig@hhi.fraunhofer.de
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