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HKU U-Vision Online : Launching of a new era of 3D campus broadcast

24 Sep 2010

 

An on-line information platform of the University of Hong Kong (HKU), U-Vision Online, will be launched next week to share with HKU community members and the general public the latest development in campus.

The new on-line platform will provide three-dimensional video content converted from 2D using a new technology developed by a Digital Signal Processing Lab research team of the HKU Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering. The technology, one of the leading in the world, converts ordinary 2D videos into 3D in a cost-effective and efficient way. Viewers can enjoy the 3D videos using special eyeglasses.

The U-Vision Online (website: uvision.hku.hk) is an extension of the campus information channel U-Vision, which provides visual information on activities and events of the University as well as real-time news via fixed outlets across the campus.

Media representatives are cordially invited to a media briefing on the new on-line platform and a live demonstration to convert a 2D video. Details are as follows:

Date: September 27, 2010 (Monday)
Time: 3:30pm
Venue: Room 902, Knowles Building, HKU

U-Vision
'U-Vision' is network of digital bulletin boards for the University of Hong Kong that was launched on March 8th, 2010. Using wall-mounted TV monitors installed at selective locations across the HKU campus, the U-Vision channel broadcasts visual information on activities and events of the University as well as real-time news. It aims at enhancing internal communications among University members in an environmentally friendly and cost-effective way.

As Hong Kong's pre-eminent university and a world-class institution, HKU regularly hosts a wide range of activities on campus throughout the year. U-Vision is instrumental in helping to inform both the HKU community and general public about these events. By encouraging people to become more involved on campus, U-Vision also benefits HKU in building a stronger community.

For media enquiries, please contact: Ms Trinni Choy (Assistant Director (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2606 email: pychoy@hku.hk  or Ms Melanie Wan (Manager (Media), Communications and Public Affairs Office) tel: 2859 2600 email: melwkwan@hku.hk.