lips-project.de is a German Research Consortium about live events at different locations.
- improving the immersive audio/visual experience for connected users
- developing the technological background for connecting and merging various devices and locations into one production network.
Members are www.sennheiser.com, www.arri.com, www.tvn.de, www.smartmobilelabs.com, and the Universities www.hhi.fraunhofer.de, www.lfte.de from FAU Erlangen-Nürnberg and www.ikt.uni-hannover.de.
Partners are
- Robert Bosch GmbH
- Intel Deutschland GmbH
- Nokia
- Huawei
- Institut für Rundfunktechnik GmbH
- Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
- Telefonica O2
Two Labs in Hannover and Munich are connected via a dedicated 1GB Fiber connection.
Custom made Hardware is used for sending audio and video over this connection in order to achive the lowest latency possible.
Some papers are submitted to DAGA and AES, please see the website.