ImAc Player: Enabling a Personalized Consumption of Accessible Immersive Contents

Accessibility is a fundamental requirement for every (multimedia) service. Although immersive media services are on the rise, they still lack of accessibility features. This paper presents a web-based player that enables the presentation of immersive 360º contents augmented by a set of access servic...

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Autores: Fernandez, Sergi, Fraile, Isaac, Genís, Maria, Meyerson, Einar, Montagud, Mario
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Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Recursos:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repositorio:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
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Immersive & Interactive Media
Accessibility
Video streaming
Virtual Reality
Inclusive Societies
Virtual & Immersive Media Technologies
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spelling ImAc Player: Enabling a Personalized Consumption of Accessible Immersive ContentsFernandez, SergiFraile, IsaacGenís, MariaMeyerson, EinarMontagud, MarioXarxes d'àrea extensa (Ordinadors)Immersive & Interactive MediaAccessibilityVideo streamingVirtual RealityInclusive SocietiesVirtual & Immersive Media Technologies621.3Accessibility is a fundamental requirement for every (multimedia) service. Although immersive media services are on the rise, they still lack of accessibility features. This paper presents a web-based player that enables the presentation of immersive 360º contents augmented by a set of access services, like subtitles, (spatial) audio description and sign language. The paper initially provides an overview of the end-to-end broadcast platform in which the player is integrated. Then, the key components that make up the player and its appearance are briefly introduced. Finally, the different accessibility, personalization and interaction features implemented in the player are described. The player is being tested in a series of pilot actions involving users with accessibility needs, is being used as a proof of concept in different standardization activities, and is envisioned to be integrated into the services provided by European broadcasters.Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)2019info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/acceptedVersion4 p.application/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/2072/531536RECERCAT (Dipòsit de la Recerca de Catalunya)reponame:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunyainstname:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)InglésACM TVX 2019, June, Manchester (UK)© {Owner/Author | ACM} {2019}. This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here for your personal use. Not for redistribution. The definitive Version of Record was published in {ACM TVX 2019}, https://doi.org/10.1145/3210825.3213570.info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:recercat.cat:2072/5315362026-05-29T05:05:01Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv ImAc Player: Enabling a Personalized Consumption of Accessible Immersive Contents
title ImAc Player: Enabling a Personalized Consumption of Accessible Immersive Contents
spellingShingle ImAc Player: Enabling a Personalized Consumption of Accessible Immersive Contents
Fernandez, Sergi
Xarxes d'àrea extensa (Ordinadors)
Immersive & Interactive Media
Accessibility
Video streaming
Virtual Reality
Inclusive Societies
Virtual & Immersive Media Technologies
621.3
title_short ImAc Player: Enabling a Personalized Consumption of Accessible Immersive Contents
title_full ImAc Player: Enabling a Personalized Consumption of Accessible Immersive Contents
title_fullStr ImAc Player: Enabling a Personalized Consumption of Accessible Immersive Contents
title_full_unstemmed ImAc Player: Enabling a Personalized Consumption of Accessible Immersive Contents
title_sort ImAc Player: Enabling a Personalized Consumption of Accessible Immersive Contents
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Fernandez, Sergi
Fraile, Isaac
Genís, Maria
Meyerson, Einar
Montagud, Mario
author Fernandez, Sergi
author_facet Fernandez, Sergi
Fraile, Isaac
Genís, Maria
Meyerson, Einar
Montagud, Mario
author_role author
author2 Fraile, Isaac
Genís, Maria
Meyerson, Einar
Montagud, Mario
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Xarxes d'àrea extensa (Ordinadors)
Immersive & Interactive Media
Accessibility
Video streaming
Virtual Reality
Inclusive Societies
Virtual & Immersive Media Technologies
621.3
topic Xarxes d'àrea extensa (Ordinadors)
Immersive & Interactive Media
Accessibility
Video streaming
Virtual Reality
Inclusive Societies
Virtual & Immersive Media Technologies
621.3
description Accessibility is a fundamental requirement for every (multimedia) service. Although immersive media services are on the rise, they still lack of accessibility features. This paper presents a web-based player that enables the presentation of immersive 360º contents augmented by a set of access services, like subtitles, (spatial) audio description and sign language. The paper initially provides an overview of the end-to-end broadcast platform in which the player is integrated. Then, the key components that make up the player and its appearance are briefly introduced. Finally, the different accessibility, personalization and interaction features implemented in the player are described. The player is being tested in a series of pilot actions involving users with accessibility needs, is being used as a proof of concept in different standardization activities, and is envisioned to be integrated into the services provided by European broadcasters.
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