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PRESS FILE9 NOVEMBER 2017
Press file - Stereopsia 2017 - Page 1
TABLE OF CONTENTTABLE OF CONTENT..................................................................................................................2
INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................................3
Stereopsia at a glance.......................................................................................................................3
Goals.................................................................................................................................................4
Why Brussels?...................................................................................................................................5
The State of the European VR Industry...................................................................................6
Whom is Stereopsia for?..................................................................................................................8
An event for the professionals:................................................................................................8
An event for the scientists:.......................................................................................................8
An event for the general audience:..........................................................................................8
American partners............................................................................................................................9
SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE (IC3D)...............................................................................................10
3D FILM BOOSTER (3DFB)........................................................................................................10
Introduction....................................................................................................................................10
List of selected projects...................................................................................................................11
3D ACADEMY (3DAC)...............................................................................................................12
PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE (PCON)......................................................................................13
Introduction....................................................................................................................................13
EXIBITOR’S LIST.......................................................................................................................14
AWARDS COMPETITION..........................................................................................................16
Introduction....................................................................................................................................16
Members of the European Jury 2017 for the Awards Competition:.......................................16
List of nominated content in 2017.................................................................................................17
3D film and 3DVR content – screenings at BOZAR.........................................................................19
Awards dinner................................................................................................................................19
INITIATORS & SPONSORS........................................................................................................20
A word on the initiators: Image&3D Europe & the University of Liège.........................................20
PRATICAL DETAILS...................................................................................................................21
Dates and venues (in BOZAR).........................................................................................................21
Useful links.....................................................................................................................................21
Contacts..........................................................................................................................................21
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INTRODUCTION
Stereopsia at a glance
For the ninth consecutive year, the non-profit association IMAGE&3D EUROPE is organizing Stereopsia (up until 2016, the event was called 3D Stereo MEDIA and was organized in Liège). This non-profit association is chaired by the Rector of the University of Liège, Albert Corhay, as well as a dozen members, including RTBF (the Belgian Radio & Television of the French Community), the Teaching Hospital CHU Liège, and companies from the Walloon and Brussels audiovisual sector.
This event is also called the "World Immersion Forum" because it encompasses all aspects of immersive technologies and content: 3D cinema and sound, virtual or mixed reality.
IMAGE&3D Europe is proud to organize its event in perfect collaboration with the Advanced Imaging Society and the VR Society of Hollywood, two associations created by Mr. Jim Chabin. The event is also supported by Mr. Wim Buyens, Vice President of BARCO SA, another key partner of Stereopsia.
For the first time, Stereopsia will take place in Brussels, Belgium (BOZAR) on 11-13 December 2017.This city is developing an important strategic plan, called "NextTech Plan" (see below), which puts Virtual Reality at the heart of the Plan. Stereopsia is pleased to contribute to this initiative.
Stereopsia 2017 features several professional components:
► A Scientific conference (International Conference on 3D Immersion – IC3D)
► A hands-on training in Mixed Reality (3D Academy – 3DAC)
► A springboard for VR content projects (3D Film Booster - 3DFB)
► A Professional conference (PCON)
► A exhibition area with booths and VR demos
► An competition for 3D films and 3DVR content
► An Awards dinner where Lumiere Awards from the Advanced Imaging Society and the VR Society from Hollywood are handed out to the best EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) productions.
Additionally, Stereopsia will also feature:
► A breakfast meeting for the “Women in XR Europe” network (12 Dec, 8:30am - 10:30am)► A Meet-up VR (12 Dec, 6pm - 9pm)► A breakfast meeting for the French Tech Brussels association (13Dec, 8am - 9am)
Access to conferences requests prior registration and payment of the fee.The exhibition area, the screenings, and the VR demos are free of charge and open to all.
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Goals
Stereopsia is the meeting and networking place of the community of international professionals of the immersive technologies and all their applications and content (3D cinema, VR, MR, 3D sound).
3D is a technology that seems already well known to all and has been popularized by cinema in recent years… i's the tip of the iceberg. Immersive technologies are much more extensive and cover many more areas.
True to the tradition of Stereopsia to bring the crème de la crème of technology and global trends in 3D every year, the organizers wanted to show the recent evolutions in 3D visualization and in particular those which are in the process of changing our relationship with reality and our environment, not only in the entertainment sector (cinema, games…), but also in the professional and even industrial fields.
Indeed, the development of digital technology, combined with virtual and augmented reality, contributes to the development of two major branches of 3D visualization, alongside traditional cinema:
"3D Cinematic VR" has become a distinct cinematographic art which immerses the viewer in a real environment, filmed in 360°. The director’s point of view ceases to exist, and the spectator chooses to look where he wants. In just over one year, content has multiplied, and become more sophisticated.
Mixed Reality (MR) is an extension of Augmented Reality (AR), and uses new visualization headsets. Unlike Virtual Reality headsets, AR headsets are see-through. The headset generates virtual objects and adds them to your real environment. This opens huge opportunities for medicine, industry, education…
Stereopsia gives the floor to the world's leading experts to better understand the issues, the technologies and therefore the new opportunities for Europe.
The event is the meeting point for the various players in immersive technologies and content; it is therefore THE place-to-be for all professionals in the field.
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Why Brussels?
Brussels, as Capital of Europe, is of course an ideal place to welcome professionals from all over the world and to honor the best productions of 3D Cinema and VR of the continent. But the main reason why the organizers have chosen Brussels is to find elsewhere.
Indeed, Brussels has an ambitious economic development plan that puts digital development - and more specifically Virtual Reality - at the heart of its strategy. The Brussels Region is mobilizing significant resources to achieve its objectives of growth and innovation, with what they call the “NextTech Plan”.
The ambition of the NextTech plan is to create an environment that supports and promotes the creation and growth of companies that are active in information and communication technologies in the Brussels Region by defining a series of objectives and concrete measures.
Dedicated to this plan, the Impulse.brussels agency, the Screen.brussels Cluster and the BEDigital.brussels Platform are the armed forces of this innovative policy. They naturally convinced the organizers of Stereopsia to contribute, through the presence of this event and the professionals it attracts, to the implementation of these actions.
Further information on the NextTech Plan Brussels at https://nexttech.brussels .
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The State of the European VR Industry1
Since July 2014, there is a sharp increase in the number and size of VR companies and the sector has had a strong start in 2017.
Virtual Reality is one of the hottest market for technology growth and innovation, with the potential to have an influence on various sectors.Tech.eu and LucidWeb have published a report titled “The State of the European VR Industry”. It has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from LucidWeb experts and Tech.eu's comprehensive database of funding rounds and exits across the European region (including states such as Russia, Turkey, Israel, Norway, Switzerland and others). This report is focused on the period of Q1 2015 to Q2 2017.
The report segments European Virtual Reality Market into: VR funding analysis and VR exit analysis.
According to the report, the total European VR funding is valued at approximately € 490.5 million in H1 2017, +128.6% over H1 2016. The UK saw its biggest ever venture financing round for a private company in May 2017 when Improbable, which offers a platform for third parties to build virtual worlds, raised an impressive € 443.7 million. With hot VR companies like Starbreeze and Crunchfish securing significant funding rounds, Sweden had the most deals at 18. The Scandinavian country, which boasts several other innovative VR companies that attracted funding, was closely followed by France, which saw 15 deals since the beginning of 2015.
Unsurprisingly, “3D Tools” was the category that saw the biggest investment over the period thanks to Improbable, while Games and User input had the highest number of deals at 16 and 15, respectively. With companies like Starbreeze, CCP Games and Ultrahaptics all attracting large amounts.
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Also an impressive number of non-gaming VR companies in Europe attracted large funding rounds, such as MindMaze with its innovative healthcare system. The company received € 90.9 million investment in February 2016, and is currently valued at € 892 million.
In the video-game industry mainstay Starbreeze attracted a healthy € 36 million round in January 2016, and another of € 8 million the following June. On the chart of the top investors, the most generous was SoftBank, a Japanese telecoms giant, investing € 443.7 million into the UK's Improbable. It was one of the biggest investments ever made into an early-stage European tech firm. Followed by Hinguja Group with € 100 million and SmileGate's € 36.4 million investment in Starbreeze makes it the investor with the third-largest investment in the period.
Over the past two and half years, there have been five VR company exits in the first half of 2017, compared to three in the first half of 2016, and five in the first half of 2015.
UK leads in the number of VR startups acquired. Acquirers of UK VR companies included Facebook's Oculus (who acquired Surreal Vision and Two Big Ears) and Snap Inc., Snapchat's holding company (who acquired Obvious Engineering). While Sweden was close behind with four deals. And Belgium, Germany, Israel, and Switzerland each saw two exits since the beginning of 2015.
The United States, thanks to big investors such as Facebook's Oculus, Apple and Google, acquired the highest number of VR companies at 12. While in Europe Sweden acquired two companies and the United Kingdom, France and Australia each only acquired one.
Among all VR exits, Tobii went public in April 2015 and is worth € 221.8 million. This makes it far and away the highest value VR exit in this report.
While dwarfed by Tobii's valuation, the Israeli company Pebbles Interfaces' € 54 million acquisition was notable in that it was one of six companies bought by Facebook-owned Oculus. Its technology, which allows people to see their own hands and fingers in a virtual world, will be integral to future.
Whom is Stereopsia for?
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An event for the professionals:
► Actors in the film production chain: writers, directors, stage technicians, distributors, cinema operators, etc.► Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality content developers► Equipment manufacturers: video or sound recording, mass storage, sound capture, projection,
visualization, etc.► Actors of the communication sector: media, communication and advertising agencies, science and
amusement parks, event organizers► General and specialized press
An event for the scientists:
May be concerned: researchers and engineers who work on the 3D technologies of tomorrow in all its dimensions: 3D-stereo, virtual reality, augmented reality, multi-views...
An event for the general audience:
Stereopsia’s exhibition area is open to all, with several VR demos. In addition, screenings of the nominated films for the Awards will also be open to all and free of charge.
Schedule of the exhibition areaTuesday 12 December from 11am till 5pmWednesday 13 December from 9am till 5pm
Schedule of the film screeningsTuesday 12 December from 1pm till 3pm.Wednesday 13 December from 9am till 5pm.
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American partners
For the past 6 years, IMAGE & 3D Europe, the event's initiator, has teamed up with two associations based in Hollywood, California: the Advanced Imaging Society and the VR Society.
The Advanced Imaging Society was founded in 2009 by the industry's stakeholders, including The Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, DreamWorks Animation (DWA), Sony, Paramount, IMAX, Dolby, Panasonic, MasterImage and others to advance the creative arts and sciences of stereoscopic 3D.
With chapters in the U.S., Europe, China, Japan, and Canada, its mission is to educate, connect, and recognize emerging new technologies, including: stereoscopic 3D, VR, HFR, 4K, and more.
The VR Society was founded in 2015. The Society’s goal is to accelerate the transformation, innovation and profitability of the Virtual Reality Content, Distribution and Technology Business. Further, the Society promotes and fosters a marketplace of ideas based on thought leadership, sharing of best practices, marketing, consumer research, industry analytics and advocacy.
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SCIENTIFIC CONFERENCE (IC3D)
The Scientific conference, also called IC3D will take place in BOZAR. The latest research in 3D will be presented. The scientists submitted their papers to a jury composed of about thirty peers representing fourteen different nationalities. The selected papers are then presented in turn, either in the form of a presentation or in the form of a poster, and serve as a basis for discussions between experts.This skun-works laboratory is an international scientific and engineering conference dedicated to the multidisciplinary subject of 3D immersion in the mid and long terms, and the limits of the possible.
The IEEE, the “world's largest technical professional association for the advancement of technology” is the technical co-sponsor of the Scientific conference. This year's conference proceedings will be archived in the IEEE Xplore digital library, thereby providing maximum visibility to the authors and their papers.
3D FILM BOOSTER (3DFB)
Introduction
Stereopsia has decided to make the Film Market evolve into a new concept that seems better fitted to the new 3D films and 3DVR content projects that Stereopsia received.
The 3D Film Booster is a springboard program to help independent producers that have projects for innovative 3D contents to give an impulse to their projects. During the 3 days of the booster, experts will coach the projects holders to help them improve their projects, and help them prepare their pitch presentation to potential co-producers and investors. For the second consecutive year, the 3DFB is organized in collaboration with Sylvain Grain, a renowned 3D expert and award-winning producer.The 3D Film Booster participants have 3D VR projects in development and are looking for funding to bring their project to life. The Booster is a springboard for the productions thanks to the financial support they can find, and it also provides an increased visibility to the contents, and to the project holders.For this new edition, Stereopsia received many projects from a dozen different countries. The jury nominated 11 projects that will receive personal coaching and will have a chance to pitch to a panel of 10 potential co-producers and financiers. Producers and investors will interact during the pitching session and during B2B meetings.The 3DFB will take place from 11-13 December in BOZAR.
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List of selected projects
► Freiheit / fiction-animHansjeet Singh Duggal (USA)
► Griffin / fiction-animLouise Genis-Cosserat (France)
► It shines again / fictionVictor Fajnzylber, Alexandre Saudinos (Chile/France)
► Lights / fictionAntoine Cayrol (France)
► Muse of the Underworld / drama-operaKaren Dee Carpenter (USA/France)
► Passage(s) / doc-fictionAxel Clevenot, Christian Boustani (France)
► Radikal / fiction Milosz Hermanowicz (France)
► Sex Buyer Experience / doc-fictionJan Vasak (France)
► The Sound of Silent Night/ doc Frederick Baker (Austria / UK)
► The Werewolf Experience / fiction Christopher Morrison (Belgium)
► Under the skin/ docJoao Inada (Brazil)
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3D ACADEMY (3DAC)
The novelty this year, Stereopsia will organize the very first training in Belgium on the development of Mixed Reality content.
Speaking to creative professionals, the training intends to prepare them for the use of this new media which has enormous potential in various disciplines: marketing, health, industry, entertainment, etc.
Through practical exercises, a small group of trainees (10) will learn how to create and develop virtual reality content using post-production and VR development professional tools. These newly created contents will then be added to a (virtual) library of the Microsoft HoloLens headset.
The A-level trainer will be Christophe Hermanns, from Vigo Universal, Belgium.
The complete program and schedule is available at www.stereopsia.com/3d-academy .
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PROFESSIONAL CONFERENCE (PCON)
Introduction
The Professional conference (also called PCON) will be spread over two days.This component encourages the exchange of good practice between professionals. We talk about technology, case studies, financing and business models, equipment evolution, etc.
Topics organized in the following sessions Worldwide view Storytelling Latest advances in technology Standards & regulations Live performing arts (theater,…) News & journalism Financing & distribution Emerging applications Pitching of 3DFB projects (to investors, co-producers, & participants)
Some of the speakersThe complete list of speakers is available at www.stereopsia.com/profesional-conference .
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EXIBITOR’S LIST
The exhibition area of Stereopsia will be located in the Terarken rooms of BOZAR. Exhibitors will present their products and VR demos. This area is free of charge, and open to all.
COW PROD http://www.cow-prod.fr/ 15 rue Dubrunfaut75012 ParisFrance
Contact: Gallien Chanalet-QuercyMail : [email protected] : +33 1 53 75 01 67
SOFTKINETIChttps://www.softkinetic.com/ 11 Boulevard de la Plaine1050 BrusselsBelgium
Contact: Laetitia FernandezMail: [email protected]: +32 2 888 4260
EMAKINAhttps://www.emakina.be/ 64 A Rue Middelbourg1170 BrusselsBelgium
Contact: Brice Le BlévennecMail: [email protected]: +32 2 400 4000
SONICVILLE 360http://www.sonicville360.com/ 24-26 Deschampheleerstaat1081 BrusselsBelgium
Contact: François FripiatMail : franç[email protected] : +32 486 60 18 45
EVShttps://evs.com 13 Rue Bois St Jean4102 SeraingBelgium
Contact: Geoffroy d'OultremontMail: [email protected]: +32 43 61 70 13
T-GROEPhttps://www.t-interim.be/fr/secteur-artistique-et-cr%C3%A9atif Stationsstraat 1202800 MalinesBelgium
Contact: Amin DridiMail : [email protected] : +32 2 600 12 00
IMMERSIOhttp://immersio.tv/ Yann Deval24 rue de la Conciliation 1070 AnderlechtBelgium
Contact: Collectif ImmersioMail: [email protected]: +32 494 54 06 56
VIGO UNIVERSALhttp://www.vigo-universal.com/ Route de Saint Gérard 310 /25100 WépionBelgium
Contact: Marcelline LaurentMail : [email protected] : +32 479 60 68 60
INVR.SPACEhttp://invr.space/ 31 Leuschnerdamm10999 BerlinGermany
Contact: Sönke KirchhofMail: [email protected]: +49 30 62 73 98 84
VISION3http://vision3.tv/ 2 Gower StreetLondonUK
Contact: Adam MayMail: [email protected]: +44 207 099 86 55
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NIRLIhttps://www.nirli.eu/ 48B Rue de Waucomont4650 HerveBelgium
Contact: Jean-Marc DuyckaertsMail: [email protected]: +32 495 58 84 78
VIRTELIO BY REALABhttps://www.virtelio.com/ 9 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux4362 Esch/AlzetteLuxembourg
Contact: Fred BausMail : [email protected] : +35 26 61 19 77 94
NOZONhttp://www.nozon.com 326 Avenue Louise1050 BrusselsBelgium
Contact: Matthieu LabeauMail : [email protected] : +32 2 701 93 75
VIRTUAL CONTENT GROUPwww.VirtualContentGroup.comLevel 1731 Queen StreetMelbourne Vic 3000Australia
Contact: Torsten HoffmannMail: [email protected]: +33 1 53 75 01 67 or +49 30 62 73 98 84
ONE BONSAIhttps://onebonsai.com 11B Rue Van Eyck1050 IxellesBelgium
Contact: Dimitri PirnayMail: [email protected]: +32 484 94 52 22
VISYONhttps://visyon360.com Carrer Lepant, 350, 8º08025 BarcelonaSpain
Contact: Xavi Conesa SerratMail: [email protected]: +34 678 561 389
POOLPIOhttp://poolpio.com/ 11B Rue Van Eyck1050 BrusselsBelgium
Contact: Jean-Louis DecosterMail : [email protected] : +32 473 83 83 78
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AWARDS COMPETITION
Introduction
Stereopsia intends to honor each year the best 3D film productions as well as the best 3D VR cinematic content from Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Technologies evolve but creativity remains. Human genius is to turn a technique into a dream machine for the pleasure of all. New visualization technologies, such as cinematic VR (360 ° cinema), bring new languages to storytelling.
These awards, bestowed in Europe for six years by two Hollywood associations, the Advanced Imaging Society and the VR Society, are an expression of the gratitude of professionals to all those who create and innovate.
In the past, prestigious names like Wim Wenders, Jean-Pierre Jeunet, Martin Scorcese, Ang Lee and James Cameron received these Lumiere Awards.
Stereopsia’s organizers have received over fifty 3D cinema and VR cinematic productions for the competition. The jury met in Berlin on 3 November to view all 3D films and 3DVR content in order to select the nominated content to be presented at BOZAR in December.
From this list will come those who will receive a Lumiere Award on behalf of the Advanced Imaging Society and the VR Society of Hollywood.
In addition, the Best European Stereography Award will be bestowed upon a stereographer for his/her decisive contribution to 3D techniques and content.
Members of the European Jury 2017 for the Awards Competition:
► Juan BOSSICART, Impulse Brussels► Angus CAMERON, Vison3, London► Gallien CHANALET-QUERCY, CowProd, Paris► Joséphine DEROBE, Stereographer, Paris► Alain GALLEZ, Image&3D Europe, Liège► Sylvain GRAIN, Cube, Paris► Florian MAIER, Stereotec, Munich
► Ludger PFANZ, Karlsruhe,► Wlodek POPINSKI, 3D Image, Warsaw► Fabien REMBLIER, La TV3D, Paris► Kathleen SCHRÖTER, Fraunhofer Institute HHI,
Berlin► Jacques VERLY, ULiège, Liège
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List of nominated content in 2017
CINEMA CONTENT
AMAZON ADVENTUREDirector: Mike SleeStereographer: Ralston HumbleProduction: SK Films, Picture ProjectsProducer: Jonathan BarkerYear of production: 2016Length: 45'29''
FANTASTIC BEASTS AND WHERE TO FIND THEMDirector: David YatesStereographer: Chris ParksProduction: Heyday Films, Warner BrosProducer: David HeymanYear of production: 2016Length: 133'
BIGFOOT JUNIORDirector: Ben Stassen Ben & Jérémie DegrusonStereographer: Ben StassenProduction: N'WaveProducer: Ben Stassen Year of production: 2017Length: 92'
FROM GREAT DEPTHS 3DDirector: Robyn JohnstonStereographer: Andrew WoodsProduction: Western Australian MuseumProducer: Robyn JohnstonYear of production: 2017Length: 15'
BOOOMDirector: Alonso Benavente FortesStereographer: Sean ArdenProduction: Emily Carr University S3D CentreProducer: Sean ArdenYear of production: 2016Length: 2'40''
ONE MORE TIME WITH FEELINGDirector: Andrew DominikStereographer: Angus CameronProduction: IconoclastProducer: Dulcie KellettYear of production: 2017Length: 113'
CHRYSALISDirector: Ina Conradi ChavezStereographer: Joshua TanProduction: ADM NTU, Giant Monster Pte LtdProducer: Ina Conradi ChavezYear of production: 2016Length: 7'2''
THE EAGLE CHALLENGEDirector: Emmbé filmmakerStereographer: Thomas VillepouxProduction: Lato sensu productionsProducer: Muriel BarraYear of production: 2017Length: 4'35''
DEADLINE (THE MAGICIAN)Director: Andi WenzelStereographer: Thomas KellerProducer: Timo DickeYear of production: 2017Length: 5'19''
WOMBDirector: Gilles JobinStereographer: Jan BernotatProduction: Cie Gilles JobinProducer: Gilles JobinYear of production: 2016Length: 33’
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VR CONTENT360° GLADIATORS IN THE COLOSSEUMDirector: Jörg Courtial Stereographer: Wolf SilbermannProduction: Faber Courtial GbRProducer: Maria CourtialYear of production: 2017Length: 9'28''
RAYDirector: Rafael PavanStereographer: Jorge VigaraProduction: Future lighthouseProducer: Carolina AvedanoYear of production: 2016Length: 6'
SERGENT JAMESDirector: Alexandre PerezStereographer: Julien LévyProduction: Floreal filmsProducer: Avi AmarYear of production: 2016Length: 7'
MANCHESTER CITY MATCH DAYDirector: Adam MayStereographer: Chris CampkinProduction: JauntVRProducer: David BompheryYear of production: 2016Length: 3'
PROXIMADirector: Mathieu PradatStereographer: Mathieu PradatProduction: La prairie productionProducer: Mathieu PradatYear of production: 2017Length: 8'30''
IBOX – INSULT BOXDirector: Emmanuel AlbanoStereographer: Emmanuel AlbanoProduction: 3EMOTION INC.Producer: Emmanuel AlbanoYear of production: 2017Length: Interactive piece (5’ to 15’)
LIFELINEDirector: Victor MichelotStereographer: Victor MichelotProduction: Dissidence Production Producer: Antoine CayrolYear of production: 2016Length: 6'
DB-HORIZON 360° EXPERIENCEDirector: Markus Seilern-AspangStereographer: Sönke KirchhofProduction: INVR.SPACE GmbHProducer: Sönke KirchhofYear of production: 2017Length: 4'
MONET IN GIVERNY: THE LATER YEARSDirector: Stephanie RiggsStereographer: Giacomo La MonacaProduction: InceptionVRProducer: Rotem FaranYear of production: 2017Length: 17'
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3D film and 3DVR content – screenings at BOZAR
The screenings of the nominated films will take place in one of the room at BOZAR. Some of those films will receive a Lumiere statuette at the Awards dinner on 13 Dec.
The screening schedule, and the list of VR content available in the exhibition area will be added to the Awards competition webpage http://www.stereopsia.com/awards-competition before the end of November.
Awards dinner
An Awards dinner will take place on 13 December, starting at 7:30pm in the Horta Hall in BOZAR. During this Dinner, the very best 3D and 3DVR content produced in the EMEA zone this year will be awarded a Lumiere statuette, on behalf of the two Hollywood-based associations above-mentioned.Apart from Brussels, only a few hand-picked cities have the privilege to hand out those prestigious awards: Hollywood, Beijing, Tokyo and Seoul!
Proper registration or personal invitation is required to attend the Awards dinner.
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INITIATORS & SPONSORS
To carry out this event, a large number of Belgian, European and even extra-European companies support Stereopsia, in addition to the public authorities.Among the companies that will mobilize their high technological skills, we can mention:
► Belgium: BARCO (Main Sponsor)ULiège, EVS, Screen BrusselsMedia partners: RTBF, SUD PRESSE
► Germany: INVR► China : GETD
Public sponsors:► Walloon Region► Brussels Region► Visit.brussels► Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles► Walloon Export and Foreign Investment Agency (AWEX)► City of Liège► Province of Liège► University of Liège
A word on the initiators: Image&3D Europe & the University of Liège
The non-profit association IMAGE & 3D EUROPE was founde in 2010 at the initiative of the University of Liège. Albert Corhay, Rector of the University, is its president. IMAGE&3D EUROPE brings together companies and organizations involved in 3D, 3DVR and its applications.The University of Liège, and in particular its Laboratory of Signal and Image Exploitation (INTESLIG Laboratory), under the direction of Professors Jean-Jacques Embrechts, Justus Piater, Marc Van Droogenbroeck and Jacques Verly (the latter being at the origin of the event), leads many research projects in the field of image and sound processing, whether in 2D or 3D stereo imaging.
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PRATICAL DETAILS
Dates and venues (in BOZAR)
► 3D Film Booster (3DFB) – 11-13 December;► Scientific conference (IC3D) – 11-12 December (Salle Studio);► Professional conference (PCON) – 12-13 December (Salle M);► 3D Academy (3DAC) – 12-13 December (Salles Terarken);► 3D film screenings – 12-13 December (Salle Studio);► Exhibition area with booths and VR demos – 12-13 December (Salles Terarken);► Awards dinner – 13 December at 7:30pm in Horta Hall.
Useful links
www.stereopsia.com https://www.facebook.com/stereopsia [email protected]: +32 (0)4 229 27 52
Contacts
► Press contacts: Alain Gallez - c/o IMAGE&3D EUROPE +32 495 54 55 90 - [email protected] Schoels (Brussels + Flanders) +32 477 68 02 80 - [email protected], Frédéric Van Vlodorp (Walloonia) +32 478 66 26 30 - [email protected] Marie-France Duppagne (Cinema industry) +32 477 62 67 70 - [email protected]
► Scientific and technical coordination, and conference coordination:Jacques Verly- c/o University of Liège - [email protected]
► General coordination:Alexandra Gérard - [email protected] Alain Gallez - c/o IMAGE&3D EUROPE - [email protected]
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