TNA project : Research on new artistic virtual performances environments

Acronym : 108-Research on new artistic virtual performances environments-Delaere

Project Lead : Simon Delaere From : SPECIFI project

Dates : from 25th April 2013 to 10th May 2013

Description :



Motivation and objectives :
The project will study, design, experiment and demonstrate a high-resolution low-latency multi-streaming transmission system using the infrastructure provided by Visionair’s partners and its UHD NET (network). The activities defined in this project aim to provide a platform for Artistic communities to pursue research and exploration of new audiovisuals formats. The joint trans-national action (TNA) performed by Visionair and Specifi project members will enable multiple actors related to the creative industry, in particular across performing arts, culture and technology, to collaborate under a single umbrella. The vision underlying these experiments is that the European Creative industry (comprising arts but also media, design, advertising and other sectors), although possessing a huge potential, is often lacking the economies of scale to deploy and commercialise its products and services beyond its home region or country. This is severely limiting the exchange of such creative contents across European borders and limiting the potential of the industries (in most cases SMEs) involved. Using ultra-high speed transmission networks and corresponding visualisation systems, innovative formats can rapidly be spread throughout Europe for any of these subsectors, with both economical (e.g. for the advertising and commercial media sectors) and socio-cultural (e.g. for the arts) objectives. In this context, the Specifi project is experimenting with local clusters of technology providers and creative industries, and could greatly benefit from Visionair expertise in linking local Creative Industries together for trans-European co-creation. The system will need to be validated; this requires the definition of a complex scenario to demonstrate the performance rates offered by the system, and to observe the efficient transmission of multiple high-resolution audiovisual contents. The demonstration scenario will be defined in the framework of cultural virtual performances (an extremely demanding, at technical level, use case). The quality of service (QoS) and the quality of experience (QoE) will be under evaluation during initial training sessions and also in a final public exhibition. At technical level, this TNA will enable creative industry to experiment and make use of real time transport and visualization advanced technologies, and to use infrastructures in order to define innovative potential co-creative environments. At the same time, this TNA aims to explore how to open to new ways of experimentation and creation using multiple audiovisual formats. The final exhibition is expected to be carried out during the Future Internet Assembly http://www.fi-dublin.eu/), which will be held in Dublin, Ireland on 8th, 9th and 10th May, and will be held in association with the Irish presidency of the Council of the EU. This is one of the most important events in Europe in the Future Internet field. Representatives from the most important and influencing entities in this area at international level will meet during the event. This final exhibition will make use of the infrastructures of the i2CAT Foundation and PSNC, from the Visionair project. By the other side, Specifi’s partners will coordinate artists from the cities of Kortrijk, Trento, Barcelona and Dublin. Representatives from i2CAT and PSNC will be sent to each venue to provide with the necessary equipment and technical support to prepare and carry out the event.

Teams :
The aim of the Digital Society Research Department is to complement iMinds research with social, economic and policy insights and expertise. While focusing on three main application domains, Future Internet, Future Media and Digital Arts, the Digital Society department links up to the four technology driven research departments of iMinds. In its research, Digital Society is applying three interrelated research approaches: it studies Market Innovation and Sector Transitions; the department conducts also User Empowerment Studies and performs ICT Policy Assessments. The Research Department engages in a close interaction with the facilitatory iMinds iLab.o (Brussels), iLab.t (Ghent), the gaming experience lab (Ghent) and iLab.u (Leuven) with a view of methodological fine-tuning and infrastructural support. In these iLab contexts, innovation and user centric design methodologies, Living Lab methodologies and business modelling tools will be further tested, developed and improved. SMIT, established at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Free University of Brussels in 1990, is specialized in fundamental, applied and contract research in the area of ICT and media, markets and policy. With currently a staff of over 65 researchers, and an annual turnover of well over 4.5 M€, SMIT is a major research centre in Europe for policy & socio-economic research relating to ICT and media. SMIT specialises in social scientific research on media and ICT, with an emphasis on innovation, policy and socio-economic questions. SMIT research combines user, policy and business analysis with both quantitative and qualitative research methodologies. In order to develop new methodological tools, a continuing dialectic between theory and empirical research is one of the centre’s high-level objectives. ICT and the advent of an information and knowledge society leads to new forms of organising work, education, leisure, social interaction, political participation, health, well-being etc. This way, ICT do impact on every aspect of the life of the ‘networked individual’. In recent years, SMIT has done research for various governments, institutions and enterprises. It is a member of several important European and international academic networks (e.g. EMTEL, COST, ENCIP). From its inception, SMIT has been a member institution of the iMinds, formerly the Interdisciplinary Institute for Broadband Technology (IBBT), being one of the two research centres constituting the Digital Society department.

Dates :
starting date : 25 April, 2013
ending date : 10 May, 2013

Facilities descriptions :
http://visionair-browser.g-scop.grenoble-inp.fr/visionair/Browser/Catalogs/DML.SP.html

Recordings & Results :
The project will study, design, experiment and demonstrate a high-resolution low-latency multi-streaming transmission system using the infrastructure provided by Visionair’s partners and its UHD NET (network). The activities defined in this project aim to provide a platform for Artistic communities to pursue research and exploration of new audiovisuals formats. The joint trans-national action (TNA) performed by Visionair and Specifi project members will enable multiple actors related to the creative industry, in particular across performing arts, culture and technology, to collaborate under a single umbrella.

Conclusions :
Conducted experiment was a user-driven research process in which various configurations have been tested. Significant improvement in technical and artistic aspects has been achieved, leading to a final successful configuration, providing service of high quality for artists and audience. Recorded results indicate directions and give guidelines for the subsequent development work.




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