PISTE: Personalised, immersive sports TV experience

• Research unit: EU RFP
• Project number: 00.0293-1

Key words (English)

Sport broadcast enhancement - MPEG4 - interactive TV - augmented reality

Alternative project number (English)

EU project number: IST-1999-11172

Research programs (English)

EU-programme: 5. Frame Research Programme - 1.2.4 Essential technologies and infrastructures

Short description (English)

See abstract

Partners and International Organizations (English)

INTRACOM S.A (EL), University of Crete (EL), Thomson Multimedia R&D (F), CNET (F), Dublin City University (IRL), The Poznan University of Economics (PL), Fraunhofer Institute (D), Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (EL), Dartfish (CH), Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (CH)

Abstract (English)

The PISTE project is building a system, addressing the needs of broadcasters and home viewers, which will transform TV watching into an immersive interactive experience during the coverage of sports events. The main objectives of PISTE are:
The provision of tools based on digital video analysis and processing, 3D objects modelling, 3D-visualisation and animation techniques, and a novel virtual scene modelling language to broadcasters, for creating augmented reality views of the events.
The development of tools for the encoding and playback of rich interactive multimedia content in MPEG-4. The assessment of MPEG-4 for broadcasting such content over a DVB infrastructure and its presentation on set-top equipment.
The specification of requirements for the implementation of MPEG-4 playback on consumer electronics equipment.
The assessment of the DVB infrastructure in supporting large scale Virtual Environments through the use of MPEG-4.
The assessment of the system through experiments with the involvement of real actors.

References in databases (English)

Swiss Database: Euro-DB of the
State Secretariat for Education and Research
Hallwylstrasse 4
CH-3003 Berne, Switzerland
Tel. [phone]
Swiss Project-Number: 00.0293-1