Grant: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
$75,000.00
Real-time stitching for virtual reality
EF 2019-20
Résumé
In partnership with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), Sheridan College's Screen Industries Research andTraining Centre (SIRT) proposes to leverage its core research and development capabilities within the area ofdigital cinema and gaming production workflows to help AMD achieve breakthrough delivery of an integratedsuite of professional Virtual Reality (VR) solutions. Virtual Reality (VR) is expected to grow rapidly as aninternational market, with predictions of over $8 billion in content production revenue in this sector by 2020.At the present time, however, production workflows and commercial success of the resulting content withinconsumer markets is significantly hampered by the labour-intensive requirements and technical limitationsassociated with live action VR filming. Multiple streams of video are required in order to recreate 360-degreeworldviews in a virtual reality display, with a complex process of stitching, aligning and further processing ofthese streams as key parts of the process. Currently, there are no established industry-tested and standardizedsolutions. This vacuum creates an opportunity to rapidly innovate and stake claim to a large segment of thegrowing market.This proposed NSERC ARD project will be integrated with research funded by Ontario Centres of Excellence'sVIP II program over a two-year period. It will result in the development of a real-time stitching application for360-degree spherical video for use in both cinematic VR and game-based productions. The solution will beopen source, optimized for application using AMD hardware solutions, and developed with a view tointegrating with existing third-party technologies, such as cameras and game engines, that will be used as partof the production process.
Programme
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Emplacement
Ontario, Canada
Type de bénéficiaire
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
Tel que publié
Application id
505812-2016
Name nom
England, Andrea
Department département
Head Office
Organization id
22156
Institution établissement
Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2019
Competition year année de concours
2016
Award amount
75000
Program id
CARD2
Program name en
Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 2
Program name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée - niveau 2
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
1561
Committee name en
Applied Research and Development Grants
Committee name fr
Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée
Area of application code
1207
Area of application group en
Advancement of knowledge
Area of application group fr
Avancement des connaissances
Area of application en
Information, computer and communication technologies
Area of application fr
Technologie de l'information, des ordinateurs et des réseaux de communications
Research subject code
2708
Research subject group en
Information technology
Research subject group fr
Technologie de l'information
Research subject en
Image processing
Research subject fr
Traitement des images
Installment
inst:2 - 2
Partie
2
Nb partie
2
Application title
Real-time stitching for virtual reality
Keyword
NSERC
Application summary
In partnership with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), Sheridan College's Screen Industries Research andTraining Centre (SIRT) proposes to leverage its core research and development capabilities within the area ofdigital cinema and gaming production workflows to help AMD achieve breakthrough delivery of an integratedsuite of professional Virtual Reality (VR) solutions. Virtual Reality (VR) is expected to grow rapidly as aninternational market, with predictions of over $8 billion in content production revenue in this sector by 2020.At the present time, however, production workflows and commercial success of the resulting content withinconsumer markets is significantly hampered by the labour-intensive requirements and technical limitationsassociated with live action VR filming. Multiple streams of video are required in order to recreate 360-degreeworldviews in a virtual reality display, with a complex process of stitching, aligning and further processing ofthese streams as key parts of the process. Currently, there are no established industry-tested and standardizedsolutions. This vacuum creates an opportunity to rapidly innovate and stake claim to a large segment of thegrowing market.This proposed NSERC ARD project will be integrated with research funded by Ontario Centres of Excellence'sVIP II program over a two-year period. It will result in the development of a real-time stitching application for360-degree spherical video for use in both cinematic VR and game-based productions. The solution will beopen source, optimized for application using AMD hardware solutions, and developed with a view tointegrating with existing third-party technologies, such as cameras and game engines, that will be used as partof the production process.
