Andy Gower

BT’s Research & Network Strategy team is piloting the use of 5G with cloud rendering to deliver public XR experiences for Belfast City Council, in collaboration with AWS, JAM Creative Studios and UM Labs. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/ad-features/bt…

BT launches new testbed to develop immersive experiences newsroom.bt.com/bt-launches-ne…

@IBCShow @btsport Thrilled to win the IBC2022 Best Technical Paper Award for our 5G Edge-XR project demonstrating how 5G and cloud-GPU rendering can deliver amazing immersive XR broadcast experiences. @dance_east @condensereality @salsa_sound @THEGRIDFACTORY @btsport

Not only was the 5G Edge-XR project by @btsport the winners of the ‘Content Everywhere’ category but they were was also recognised with the award for the Best Technical Paper in the IBC Conference. Their paper will be presented on Saturday morning at 10.00 in room E102.

This year’s winner of the #IBC2022 Innovation Awards for the ‘Content Everywhere’ category goes to BT Sport and their technology partners Condense, The Grid Factory, DanceEast, Salsa Sound, Bristol University, using 5G to add data-driven graphics to live action at the event.

Thrilled to win the IBC2022 Best Technical Paper Award for our 5G Edge-XR project demonstrating how 5G and cloud-GPU rendering can provide amazing immersive XR broadcast experiences to sports fans. #BT #BTSport #Condense #SalsaSound #TheGridFactory #DanceEast #BristolUniversity

Great news: the CMA’s approved our JV with Warner Bros. Discovery, combining the best of @BTSport and Eurosport UK to create an exciting new offer for live sport programming. It’s a huge milestone. We look forward to day 1 of the new biz, which we hope to be in the coming weeks.

EE & BT unveil new 5G viewing experiences advanced-television.com/2022/03/10/ee-…

A spot of volumetric capture at @dance_east's #BT5GEdgeXR green screen studio yesterday. Had a lot of fun capturing dancers Joshua Attwood & Tia Hockey performing sections of Overflow. #WatchThisSpace for the results. #VolumetricCapture

DCMS 5G Edge-XR project demonstrating how 5G and cloud GPU enables 'console quality' immersive experiences on mobile devices #5gedgexr

EE unveils Match Day Experience on BT Sport App advanced-television.com/2020/10/15/ee-…

Game-changing AR functionality for BT Sport app launched on EE 5G network svgeurope.org/blog/headlines…

Apple TV Plus is reportedly getting augmented reality companion content theverge.com/2020/8/26/2140… via @Verge

How 5G and edge computing can enhance virtual reality? ericsson.com/en/blog/2020/4…?

LaLiga re-start: Virtualised fans to be added to match coverage for 11 June return svgeurope.org/blog/headlines…

AR and VR – Back from the Dead? tdgresearch.com/ar-and-vr-back…

BT Sports teams up with Gfinity in esports initiative digitaltveurope.com/2020/05/11/bt-…