All metaverse articles
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Daily NewsMarco Tempest, creative technologist and extended reality pioneer, to deliver IBC2023 keynote
Creative technologist, illusionist and mixed reality innovator Marco Tempest has been named as keynote speaker at the IBC2023 Conference. His free-to-attend session, ’Virtual Production & the Metaverse: A future where everyone is invited to play’, is open to all attendees.
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Daily News
Introducing: Synthetic Humans for Entertainment and Accessibility
In the run up to IBC2023, eight selected project groups are gearing up to stand-out above the rest as part of this year’s Accelerator Media Innovation Programme. Each week the E-Daily will look more in-depth at each individual project, leading up to the show at the RAI, Amsterdam on 15-18 ...
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Industry Trends
How to Spot Future Opportunities in OTT
Taking a strategic approach to uncovering OTT opportunities is the key to future success, discovers Andrew Williams, along with innovative thinking and a willingness to experiment with new tech and audiences.
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Industry Trends
London Tech Week 2023: A Thriving Ecosystem
A packed schedule of key political and figures from the technology world gave purpose and generated much food for thought at London Tech Week 2023, writes Sheryl Hickey
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Industry Trends
The Metaverse – Dead or Alive?
The metaverse continues to be all things to all men, as the saying goes. Incorporating everything from VR to gaming, virtual worlds to IoT, and layering on AI and blockchain, it’s no wonder that the appeal is considerable, but real-world success (and indeed definition) has been lacking to date. Mark ...
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News
ITV Studios Launches The Voice in the Metaverse
ITV Studios and The Virtual Brand Group have launched The Voice Studios, an immersive virtual experience based on the Emmy Award-winning series The Voice.
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Industry Trends
Driving Fan Engagement: Metaverse, NFTs and the Need to Be Genuine
Especially in this digital age, the need to cultivate a direct relationship with your fans has never been more important or necessary. Whether sports club, league or broadcaster, engagement is the key to success across the board, discovers Mark Mayne.
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Industry Trends
IBC2023 Accelerators: Final Eight Projects Revealed
Eight projects have been announced which will unite game-changing media companies and cutting-edge technology partners for this year’s IBC Media Innovation Programme, writes Sheryl Hickey.
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Industry Trends
IBC2023 Accelerators: Kickstarter Day highlights the value of collaboration
The IBC2023 Accelerators programme has got underway in earnest, following the annual ‘Kickstart’ day on Feb 8th. The event saw a select group of industry leaders come together to hear the ‘longlist’ of pitches for inclusion in the 2023 Accelerator programme, prefaced with introductory presentations and culminating in the Awards ...
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Webinar
Webinar: Fan engagement strategies to keep your audiences coming back
Join IBC365 on-demand to look at some of the ways that rights holders are keeping fans engaged, with the rise of digital platforms and as sports tech matures. In this webinar, speakers will explore the ways they connect directly with their fans beyond the live broadcast to maximise engagement and ...
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Industry Trends
UCI and WWE bring the Metaverse and Web3 video into mainstream sports
Next week, Warner Bros. Discovery Sports promises to harness Web3 technology to preview what it calls a “metaverse experience” around the London leg of the UCI Track Champions League.
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Video
Accelerator - 6DOF audio-led narrative and music experiences in the Metaverse
IBC2022: The second of our eight IBC Accelerator showcase sessions reveals POC learnings around how immersive and interactive audio content, particularly 6DOF (six degrees of freedom) impacts content creation and delivery to broadcasters and fans, both experientially and in the metaverse.
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Panel: The latest in low latency
IBC2022: Betting use cases, sport, interactive music events and real-time viewer interaction and engagement are driving interest in lower streaming latency. Cloud gaming and the metaverse will accelerate the trend. However, challenges remain as there has been a shift in requirements from simple browser-based playback of VOD files to a ...
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Video
Demo: The building blocks of the metaverse
IBC2022: Game Engines like Unreal Engine, Unity and Roblox are powerful real-time 3D creation tools that have revolutionised how creators deliver cutting-edge content, interactive experiences and immersive virtual worlds.
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Video
Panel: New opportunities for OTT video streaming
IBC2022: The pandemic has vividly demonstrated that there are a host of businesses beyond traditional broadcast and the big streaming services for whom OTT video represents a growth opportunity. As society shifts from “remote by necessity” to “hybrid by design” use cases include concerts, festivals, and entertainment events, sports, exhibitions, ...
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Accelerator - Volumetric video for broadcasting, metaverse production and RT3D assets
IBC2022: This IBC Accelerator will showcase the evolution of the traditional broadcast pipeline to incorporate the latest content creation technologies such as volumetric, motion capture, live action and 3D render engine, ensuring efficient delivery of real-time content for multiple platforms including broadcast, live-streaming, the metaverse and interactive channels.
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Women in Immersive Tech: State of the immersive technology sector in UK & Europe in 2022
IBC2022: The immersive sector has evolved, twisted and turned at an incredible pace in the past two years during Covid and has been entering into the Metaverse bubble since late 2021. So, what has happened and where are we now? In this panel with 4 Women In Immersive Tech (WIIT) ...
