CineGrid is a virtual network for extreme media collaboration running on advanced research IP networks.
In October 2006, a CineGrid demonstration at the Audio Engineering Society (AES) annual meeting at the Letterman Digital Arts Center in San Francisco streamed, for the first time, 2K and 4K resolution digital motion pictures and 24-channel digital audio from three different locations in real time, then mixed live for an audience of audio and video professionals.
This CineGrid@AES special event was structured in four parts: (1) a sequence of 4K “digital shorts” at 24 frames per second (fps), together with fully mixed synchronized audio, were pulled from network-connected servers in Los Angeles and San Diego; (2) 4K telepresence was used for interactive video-conferencing and ultra-realistic reproduction of a classical music performance from Tokyo; (3) 4K motion pictures were sent compressed from Tokyo, and 24-channel non-compressed digital audio was streamed from San Diego; and, (4) the performance system was re-configured to use uncompressed 2K motion pictures coming from local servers, synchronized to 24-channel, non-compressed digital audio streaming from San Diego.
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Collaborators:
USA:
Pacific Interface Inc.
University of California San Diego, Calit2
University of Southern California, School of Cinematic Arts
University of Illinois at Chicago, Electronic Visualization Laboratory
Japan:
Keio University, Research Institute for Digital Media and Content
Netherlands:
University of Amsterdam
Waag Society
Spain:
i2CAT/Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya
Sweden:
Royal Institute of Technology
