Vconect

Video Communications for Networked Communities

Coordinatore	EURESCOM-EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND STRATEGIC STUDIES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS GMBH    more  Organization address address: Wieblinger Weg 19/4 city: HEIDELBERG postcode: 69123 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Peter Cognome: Stollenmayer Email: send email Telefono: +49 6221 989 153 Fax: +49 6221 989 209
Nazionalità Coordinatore	Germany [DE]
Totale costo	5˙363˙206 €
EC contributo	3˙727˙999 €
Programma	FP7-ICT Specific Programme "Cooperation": Information and communication technologies
Code Call	FP7-ICT-2011-7
Funding Scheme	CP
Anno di inizio	2011
Periodo (anno-mese-giorno)	2011-12-01   -   2014-11-30

 Partecipanti

#	participant	country	role	EC contrib. [€]
1	EURESCOM-EUROPEAN INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH AND STRATEGIC STUDIES IN TELECOMMUNICATIONS GMBH  Organization address address: Wieblinger Weg 19/4 city: HEIDELBERG postcode: 69123 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Peter Cognome: Stollenmayer Email: send email Telefono: +49 6221 989 153 Fax: +49 6221 989 209	DE (HEIDELBERG)	coordinator	0.00
2	ALCATEL-LUCENT BELL NV  Organization address address: COPERNICUSLAAN 50 city: ANTWERPEN postcode: 2018 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Josephus Cognome: van Sas Email: send email Telefono: +32 3 240 8826 Fax: +32 3 240 9999	BE (ANTWERPEN)	participant	0.00
3	BRITISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY*  Organization address address: Newgate street 81 city: LONDON postcode: EC1A 7AJ contact info Titolo: Dr. Nome: Douglas Cognome: Williams Email: send email Telefono: +44 1473 647264 Fax: 441474000000	UK (LONDON)	participant	0.00
4	FALMOUTH UNIVERSITY  Organization address address: WOODLANE city: FALMOUTH CORNWALL postcode: TR11 4RH contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Ian Cognome: McCormick Email: send email Telefono: +44 13265829 Fax: 441326000000	UK (FALMOUTH CORNWALL)	participant	0.00
5	FRAUNHOFER-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FOERDERUNG DER ANGEWANDTEN FORSCHUNG E.V  Organization address address: HANSASTRASSE 27C city: MUNCHEN postcode: 80686 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Walter Cognome: Krause Email: send email Telefono: +49 89 12052713 Fax: +49 89 12057534	DE (MUNCHEN)	participant	0.00
6	GOLDSMITHS' COLLEGE  Organization address address: LEWISHAM WAY city: LONDON postcode: SE14 6NW contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Davin-Smith Cognome: Justin Email: send email Telefono: +44 20 7919 7835 Fax: +44 20 7919 7773	UK (LONDON)	participant	0.00
7	JOANNEUM RESEARCH FORSCHUNGSGESELLSCHAFT MBH  Organization address address: LEONHARDSTRASSE 59 city: GRAZ postcode: 8010 contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Helen Cognome: Hasenauer Email: send email Telefono: +43 316 876 1200 Fax: +43 316 876 1191	AT (GRAZ)	participant	0.00
8	PT COMUNICACOES SA  Organization address address: RUA ANDRADE CORVO 6 city: LISBOA postcode: 1050 009 contact info Titolo: Mr. Nome: Benjamin Cognome: Júnior Email: send email Telefono: 351970000000 Fax: 351218000000	PT (LISBOA)	participant	0.00
9	STICHTING CENTRUM VOOR WISKUNDE EN INFORMATICA  Organization address address: Science Park 123 city: AMSTERDAM postcode: 1098XG contact info Titolo: Ms. Nome: Margriet Cognome: Brouwer Email: send email Telefono: +31 20 592 4253 Fax: +31 20 5924199	NL (AMSTERDAM)	participant	0.00

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

The inability to discover the conversations that matter, to understand how others are feeling, to recognise a friend in need, to share the joy of someone happy, or to see how certain things should be done, are common limitations of social networks. All these require people to be able to see and hear each other. Vconect targets this space by aiming to develop capabilities that will allow ad-hoc groups of people to enjoy real-time high-quality audio-video communication. Such capabilities will be able to deliver the best possible communication experience to all the participants involved, no matter their number, the types of devices or the characteristics of the bandwidth they are connecting through.nThe Vconect platform will be able to support complex and dynamic structures of group communication by intelligently mediating the conversation and framing it in narrative structures through methods akin to those used in cinematography. Active cameras, shot types, screen compositions will be decided dynamically, to ensure meaningful, engaging and immersive communication experiences. In turn, these decisions will be optimised in real-time for the network and devices that are being used. The platform thus becomes service-aware, displaying intelligent behaviour both in communication mediation as well as in adapting the way the audio and video is processed within the network to best support the communication needs.nThis new development builds upon two of the most significant achievements of the current Internet: video conferencing and social networks. It will make social networks as flexible and as engaging as chatting face to face to a group of friends: it will allow us to see what's really happening, to know who's hurting and who's laughing. It will allow us to see the real drama, let us be part of the most rowdy crowds or talk quietly to a lonely friend. It will strengthen communities and change the way we live.