A hybrid architecture for delivery of panoramic video

Abstract

The media industry is being pulled in the often-opposing directions of increased realism (high resolution, stereoscopic, large screen) and personalisation (selection and control of content, availability on many devices). Within the EU FP7 project FascinatE, a capture, production and delivery system capable of allowing end-users to interactively view and navigate around an ultra-high resolution video panorama showing a live event is being developed. In this paper we report on the latest developments of the FascinatE delivery network. We build upon an initial version of this delivery network architecture and its constituent functional components and propose a hybrid element to combine the two underlying delivery mechanisms that have previously been reported on. This hybrid aspect enables the delivery network to function in an end-to-end live delivery scenario.