Last week , Fraunhofer FOKUS hosted the 5G-VICTORI Kick-Off Meeting in Berlin. The large scale EU funded project aims at validating 5G networks with vertical user cases. The testbed infrastructure for the Berlin trials is provided by Fraunhofer FOKUS.

Digitalization does not stop at crafting. The joint project “DigiHand“ showed how work in craft can look like in the future. Fraunhofer FOKUS provided two out of eight learning stations for a traveling exhibition in which visitors learned more about “Smart Learning” and “Augmented Reality”.

At this year's ACM Multimedia Systems conference, a scientific paper on the Fraunhofer FOKUS SAND streaming solution was awarded the “Excellence in DASH Award”. FAMIUM SAND offers tools that enable content providers to track the streaming performance.

This Sunday, viewers of the German music variety show “ZDF-Fernsehgarten” were able to experience the program as a 360° livestream through the HbbTV on-demand service of public broadcaster ZDF. This complementary experience was provided by using the Fraunhofer FOKUS “Cloud-based 360° Video Playout” technology. The unique and patented solution enables the viewing of high quality 360° videos on nearly any device.