SPIRIT (EU project) has successfully completed its periodic review!

Title: Project “Scalable Platform for Innovations on Real-time Immersive Telepresence” (SPIRIT) successfully passed periodic review

The “Scalable Platform for Innovations on Real-time Immersive Telepresence” (SPIRIT) project, a Horizon Europe innovation initiative uniting seven consortium partners, including ITEC from the University of Klagenfurt, has successfully completed its periodic review that took place in November 2024.

SPIRIT aims to develop a “multi-site, interconnected framework dedicated for supporting the operation of heterogeneous collaborative telepresence applications at large scale”.

ITEC focuses on three key areas in SPIRIT:

• determining subjective and objective metrics for the Quality of Experience (QoE) of volumetric video,
• developing a Live Low Latency DASH (Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP) system for the transmission of volumetric video, and
• contributing to standardisation bodies regarding work done in volumetric video.

The review committee was satisfied with the project’s progress, and accepted all deliverables. The project was praised for a successful first round of open calls, which saw a remarkable 61 applicants for 11 available spots.

ITEC’s work with researching QoE of volumetric video through subjective testing was also deemed impressive, with us having obtained over 2000 data points across two rounds of testing. Contributions to standardisation bodies such as MPEG and 3GPP were also praised.

ITEC continues to work in the SPIRIT project, focusing on the second round of open calls and Live Low Latency DASH transmission of volumetric video.