Reference number : GC-2017-Q3-00083, amendment number : , agreement type : G, recipient legal name : England, Andrea (Sheridan Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning), recipient country : CA, recipient province : nan, recipient city : Ontario, recipient postal code : nan, program name english : Applied Research and Development Grants (<$75k), program name french : Subventions de recherche et développement appliquée (<75,000 $), program purpose english : In partnership with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), Sheridan College's Screen Industries Research and_x000D_
Training Centre (SIRT) proposes to leverage its core research and development capabilities within the area of_x000D_
digital cinema and gaming production workflows to help AMD achieve breakthrough delivery of an integrated_x000D_
suite of professional Virtual Reality (VR) solutions. Virtual Reality (VR) is expected to grow rapidly as an_x000D_
international market, with predictions of over $8 billion in content production revenue in this sector by 2020._x000D_
At the present time, however, production workflows and commercial success of the resulting content within_x000D_
consumer markets is significantly hampered by the labour-intensive requirements and technical limitations_x000D_
associated with live action VR filming. Multiple streams of video are required in order to recreate 360-degree_x000D_
worldviews in a virtual reality display, with a complex process of stitching, aligning and further processing of_x000D_
these streams as key parts of the process. Currently, there are no established industry-tested and standardized_x000D_
solutions. This vacuum creates an opportunity to rapidly innovate and stake claim to a large segment of the_x000D_
growing market._x000D_
This proposed NSERC ARD project will be integrated with research funded by Ontario Centres of Excellence's_x000D_
VIP II program over a two-year period. It will result in the development of a real-time stitching application for_x000D_
360-degree spherical video for use in both cinematic VR and game-based productions. The solution will be_x000D_
open source, optimized for application using AMD hardware solutions, and developed with a view to_x000D_
integrating with existing third-party technologies, such as cameras and game engines, that will be used as part_x000D_
of the production process., program purpose french : In partnership with Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD), Sheridan College's Screen Industries Research and_x000D_
Training Centre (SIRT) proposes to leverage its core research and development capabilities within the area of_x000D_
digital cinema and gaming production workflows to help AMD achieve breakthrough delivery of an integrated_x000D_
suite of professional Virtual Reality (VR) solutions. Virtual Reality (VR) is expected to grow rapidly as an_x000D_
international market, with predictions of over $8 billion in content production revenue in this sector by 2020._x000D_
At the present time, however, production workflows and commercial success of the resulting content within_x000D_
consumer markets is significantly hampered by the labour-intensive requirements and technical limitations_x000D_
associated with live action VR filming. Multiple streams of video are required in order to recreate 360-degree_x000D_
worldviews in a virtual reality display, with a complex process of stitching, aligning and further processing of_x000D_
these streams as key parts of the process. Currently, there are no established industry-tested and standardized_x000D_
solutions. This vacuum creates an opportunity to rapidly innovate and stake claim to a large segment of the_x000D_
growing market._x000D_
This proposed NSERC ARD project will be integrated with research funded by Ontario Centres of Excellence's_x000D_
VIP II program over a two-year period. It will result in the development of a real-time stitching application for_x000D_
360-degree spherical video for use in both cinematic VR and game-based productions. The solution will be_x000D_
open source, optimized for application using AMD hardware solutions, and developed with a view to_x000D_
integrating with existing third-party technologies, such as cameras and game engines, that will be used as part_x000D_
of the production process., agreement title english : Real-time stitching for virtual reality, agreement title french : Real-time stitching for virtual reality, agreement number : CARD2, agreement value : 150000.0, agreement start date : 2017-11-09, agreement end date : nan, description english : nan, description french : nan, expected results english : nan, expected results french : nan, additional information english : Grant or Award spanning more than one fiscal year (2017-2018 to 2019-2020)., additional information french : Subvention ou bourse octroyée s'appliquant à plus d'un exercice financier (2017-2018 à 2019-2020)., owner organization : nserc-crsng, owner organization title : Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada | Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada