The work of ACTS in interactive multimedia networking

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The work of ACTS in interactive multimedia
networking

• By Leon Van Noorden, DG XIII
• and
• Michael Griffith, ACTSLINE

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Summary overview of all projects
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Content management

• 3D and multimodal telepresence
• networked virtual reality
• tele-manipulation and augmented reality

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Interactive Multimedia Delivery

• Main issue the Return Channel
• Satellite ISIS, DIGISAT (TI97), CINENET (HDTV)
• CATV IBCoBN, CATVDC
• DVB-T VALIDATE, INTERACT, MEMO (DAB)
• MMDS CRABS, CABSINET

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Presentation Interaction Storage

• Servers SICMA
• Open interactive multimedia terminal
• architecture
• SOMMIT, UNITEL
• IRD DVBIRD
• Storage at the home SMASH

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Support for Electronic Commerce Information
Access

• Conditional access OKAPI, OCTALIS
• IPR protection TALISMAN
• Client management SPECIAL
• Brokerage GAIA, ATMAN, MUSICIAN
• User interface for electronic programme guide
• MUSIST
• User agents KIMSAC, DIANE

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Integration and Evaluation Trials

• AMUSE
• BOURBON
• TELESHOPPE
• TEAM
• DAM

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ACTS Evaluation Results of 3rd CfP
Distributed VR
DVB
QOS
JPEG2000
SERVICES
DAVIC
Multimedia Home Platform
(SPEAR)
MPEG2/MPEG4 COMIQS CUSTOM TV
Terrestrial TV MOTIVATE ITTI
MPEG4
Tools MOMUSYS Xt MOUTH
Smatv S3M
STORit
MOSQUITO Vis a Vis
DAM E
VPARK RESOLVxT
Mmds MAPT
Watermarking MIRADOR
Brokerage/ Electronic Commerce
CATV
MPEG7
GESTALT TRADE HYPERMEDIA
FLEXIMACS (IACS)
DICEMAN MODEST
Dissemination, EXPO98 VASCO , SHOWCASE
Guidelines consolidation PRIME
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ACTS Telepresence and Shared Virtual
Environments chain
http//www.uk.infowin.org/ACTS/ Section SID chain
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IN THE PAST.

• RACE and ACTS proves an industrial powerhouse for
  the DVB project
• ACTS provides convincing evidence of the DVB
  satellite, cable, and SMATV systems
• DVB digital terrestrial system developed, proven,
  and tested in ACTS

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IN THE PAST AND PRESENT...

• Digital video compression and multimedia content
  systems based on RACE and ACTS enabling
  technology
• Virtual studio systems rely on ACTS and RACE
  technology
• Quality evaluation methods rely on ACTS and RACE
  technology

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IN THE PRESENT...

• ACTS dominates the development of the MPEG4
  systems, which will be the twenty-first century
  tools for multimedia via broadcast and the
  Internet.

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The present

• INTERNET gt TV, TVgt INTERNET
• All standardisation groups such as DAVIC, DVB and
  ACTS are incorporating Internet Technology
• TV anytime, TV anywhere
• Cable modems, WebTV

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TODAY

• Middleware is the critical element of all media
  delivery systems
• Commonality across transports and nations is
  sought
• We can create the twenty-first century as the age
  of multimedia software broadcasting, and user
  friendly interfaces.

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Clear conclusions..

• Economic efficiency is helped by open systems and
  open information
• Schemes like ACTS allow open systems to be
  created, particularly important for broadcasting
• The fifth framework must heavily involve
  multimedia convergence and delivery, and
  middleware.

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More information on ACTS ?ACTSLINE
http//www.actsline.org ? ACTS Multimedia
Domain http//www.uk.infowin.org/ACTS/ANALYSYS/ C
ONCERTATION/MULTIMEDIA/
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PREDICTING THE EMERGING INFORMATION SOCIETY

• No one knows for sure, but.
• most likely a combination of digital broadcasting
  and Internet delivery (wideband and narrowband)
• Eventual dominance of TCP/IP and
  multicast/unicast flexibility over all transports
• Synergy of digital broadcasting and webcasting,
  and middleware are critical frontiers

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Necessary tools/conditions for the Information
Society

• Tools for Content Creation
• Content Management and Protection
• Business models, Conditional Access
• Brokerage
• Human Machine Interfaces
• Content Access, Ubiquitous Access
• Home networks and storage
• Metadata and Hyperlinks
• Agent Technology
• Know How of Information presentation

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The future Adapting to a new environment ?Commer
cial and competitive pressure ? short-term focus
instead of long-term research ? Competition to
increase need for co-operation in RTD ? ensure
coherence in infrastructures and services ? adapt
to multiple players and new technologies ? Large
pan-European programmes to play a role ? fewer
but larger projects ? emphasis on industry-wide
consensus rather than technological gadgetry
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Fifth Framework Programme

• 4 Thematic programs
• Quality of life and living resources
• User-friendly information society
• Competitive and sustainable growth
• Energy, environment sustainable development
• 3 Horizontal programs
• The international role of Community research
• Innovation and SME participation
• Human research potential and socio-economics

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Information Society Technologies Program
(1999-2002)
Each key action to have a balance of the complete
range of RTD activities from basic research to
demonstration and take-up
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• Research Networking
• "Supply of trans-European broadband
  interconnections
• between national research, education and training
  networks"
• Broadband interconnections
• Testbeds for advanced networking
• and application experiments

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• More information on 5th FWP and IST
• 5th Framework Program
• http//www.cordis.lu/fifth/
• Information Society Technologies
• http//www.cordis.lu/fifth/src/305b-e-1.htm