Ronald Mies – IRT Lab

Accessible 360° video – ImAc solutions are ready for public testing

Ronald Mies — Mon, 09 Mar 2020 15:36:22 +0000

In the Immersive Accessibility (ImAc) project IRT investigates, together with partners from the media industry, how 360° media can be made accessible for all. During the project, a technical platform has been developed to enable accessible 360° media: enrich, distribute and playback 360° video content with fully customisable accessibility services. To this end, the project ...

MediaRoad SkillBytes: exploring changing skill sets and career paths in today’s media technology environment

Ronald Mies — Thu, 14 Nov 2019 08:33:04 +0000

As part of the MediaRoad networking activities led by IRT, project partners EBU and BBC produced a podcast series about the transformation of the media technology environment and what this means in terms of professional journeys: jobs, skills, recruitment, training etc. In a series of experts’ interviews, the following question is addressed: which are the ...

MediaRoad Sandbox Pitching Event in Munich

Ronald Mies — Thu, 07 Mar 2019 10:19:17 +0000

Late November 2018 around 60 innovation-enthusiasts from broadcasters and media companies were presented a showcase from the European Sandboxes and startups / intrapreneurs that collaborate in the Sandbox Hub of the European coordination and support project MediaRoad. In MediaRoad a Sandbox is a media innovation accelerator in which groundbreaking ideas can be tested and scaled. ...