FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR OPEN COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

From May 15 to 16, 2018, Fraunhofer FOKUS organized the 7th FOKUS Media Web Symposium. Year after year, the annual conference attracts more than 200 international media and technology experts from 20 countries to present and discuss the latest trends. This year we focussed on Video Streaming tech, 360° Video and virtual/Augmented Reality.

Under the motto “Internet Delivered Media – Mission accomplished?” the seventh FOKUS Media Web Symposium will take place from May 15-16, 2018. At the annual conference, more than 200 international guests meet again at Fraunhofer FOKUS to discuss the latest trends and technologies of the “Media Web” with experts from science and industry.

Understanding complex data and processes is often not easy. Researchers use 3D visualizations on curved surfaces to feel as a part of the scene. A typical example of such an application is the 3D representation of an operation on the human body, which is enriched with additional data such as ultrasound, CT and MRI images. The Virtual Reality Studio »Da Vinci« has existed at the Zuse Institute Berlin for about ten years now.

Fraunhofer FOKUS unveiled the “Time-Sensitive Networking (TSN) + OPC Unified Architecture (OPC UA)” testbed together with Huawei and 18 other partners. It provides unified real-time Ethernet for manufacturing and control applications that require low latency and adherence to timely reliable communication sequences. 

At the anniversary conference of Fraunhofer FOKUS in Berlin, in addition to previous successes in applied research on digital networking, particular attention was paid to the current challenges in digital transformation in order to continue to actively shape them. About 200 guests from business, science and politics discussed this topic at the conference.

The founding members, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, Digital Domain, Fraunhofer FOKUS, Huawei, CEPRI of SGCC, Tencent, TIM and Volkswagen AG announce the inauguration of the “5G Slicing Association”. The association will address requirements from vertical industry and the potential application scenarios of 5G network slicing on the way to defining new business models.

The FOKUS Institute Directors Prof. Dr. Manfred Hauswirth and Prof. Dr. Ina Schieferdecker gave talks on connected mobility and test solutions for the Internet of Things (IoT) at Bosch Connected World on February 21 and 22, 2018. The conference for IoT trends and implementations took place in STATION Berlin and was attended by about 140 speakers and 3500 guests.

The aim of the "Speicherstadt digital" project is to make Hamburg's Speicherstadt digitally accessible to all. A new app offers historical photos, background information, radio plays and Augmented Reality (AR). Fraunhofer FOKUS has developed the AR function for the app.