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Mobile Immersive Technologies by Jyri Huopaniemi

Jun 26, 2009 - BM news

On Monday, June 29th the seminar Mobile Immersive Technologies by Jyri Huopaniemi took place in Barcelona Media. In this seminar, an overview of existing and future technologies for mobile immersion were discussed.

Mobile devices have transformed in recent years from voice communication specific devices to rich multimedia computers that allow for entirely new user experiences. Among the most active research topics are augmented reality and 3-D technologies that involve immersive audio and visual features. Some existing research projects and results will be presented, and a vision for the future will be proposed.

Jyri Huopaniemi is Director and head of Nokia Research Center Tampere laboratory. He joined Nokia in 1998 and has held several research leadership positions in the fields of multimedia technology, mobile applications and user interfaces and interaction. In his current role, he is leading NRC’s Tampere Laboratory that carries out strategic and long-term research on new user interfaces, rich context modeling and high performance mobile platforms. The laboratory research topics include human practices and design, contextual media technologies, personal content and media, immersive communication, mixed reality, interaction and user interfaces, context computing and future device platforms.

Dr. Huopaniemi received his doctoral degree from Helsinki University of Technology in 1999. He worked as a research scientist and group manager at the Laboratory of Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing of Helsinki University of Technology from 1993 until 1997. During 1998 he was a visiting scholar at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA) at Stanford University. Since 1998 he has been with Nokia Research Center in Helsinki, Finland. He was appointed Adjunct Professor of Audio Technology and Software at Helsinki University of Technology in 2003, and continues to lecture on courses related to multimedia signal processing and software.