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The Connected Visual Reality Project

During the last few years, video telephony and telepresence have gained acceptance, and their usage is strongly growing. However, economic and technical constraints are still impeding their widespread deployment. Nowadays, the available systems range from corporate high-end multi-screen telepresence rooms to personal video calls on laptops. Due to low-quality audio and video transmission as well as insufficient interoperability, a heterogeneous mix of these systems often suffers from an unsatisfactory quality experience.

The Connected Visual Reality project is a collaborative research project between Ericsson GmbH, two chairs of RWTH Aachen University, and MainConcept GmbH. The aim of the project is to research and evolve high-definition, high-quality visual communication and video conferencing at reasonable cost using heterogeneous networks and devices.

Focus topics of this project are

The project duration is scheduled from May 2011 to April 2013. The first public demonstrations of new features are planned in 2012 and 2013.

The project was selected for funding by the NRW Ziel 2-Program “Regionale Wettbewerbsfähigkeit und Beschäftigung” 2007-2013, co-funded by ERDF “European Regional Development Fund”.

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