Christian Weissig is head of the Capture & Display Systems group in the Vision and Imaging Technologies department. His R&D activities are related to the following keywords: omni-directional 2D & 3D video, ultra high resolution video panorama solutions in particular UHD acquisition and presentation systems, immersive media, virtual reality, 360 degree VR video.
For further details about his activities please check the subsections below.
Biography
Christian Weissig is the head of Capture & Display Systems Group at Fraunhofer HHI/ Vision & Imaging Technology Department. He received his Dipl.-Ing. degree in "Information Technology in Mechanical Engineering" from the Technical University of Berlin in 1998. After the employment as a visiting scientist he joined the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute HHI in Berlin in 1999. Since then he has been involved in numerous German and European projects related to novel multimedia production technologies and services in the area of UHD and 3D.
Christian Weissig is member of the experts group "Film Technology" of the German "Society for Information Technology" (ITG). Within the HHI Christian Weissig is responsible for ultra high resolution video panorama solutions in particular UHD acquisition and presentation systems.
Since 2009 he led the build-up and development of the "Tomorrows immersive Media Experience Lab" (TiME-Lab) and the development of the omnidirectional panoramic video acquisition systems such as the OmniCam360. Christian Weissig is an expert for Virtual Reality (VR) and responsible for the VR-relevant activities within the Fraunhofer HHI.
Publications
Articles in Journals
2019
- Oliver Schreer, Ingo Feldmann, Thomas Ebner, Sylvain Renault, Christian Weissig, Danny Tatzelt, Peter Kauff
Advanced Volumetric Capture and Processing,
SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, vol. 128, no. 5, May 2019, doi: 10.5594/JMI.2019.2906835, Invited Paper
2017
- Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, Robert Skupin, Yago Sanchez de la Fuente, Christian Weissig
Interactive Streaming of Panoramas and VR Worlds,
SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, vol. 126, no. 1, pp. 35-42, January 2017, doi: 10.5594/jmi.2016.2640058
2013
- Oliver Schreer, Ingo Feldmann, Christian Weissig, Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer
Ultrahigh-Resolution Panoramic Imaging for Format-Agnostic Video Production,
Proceedings of IEEE, vol. 101, no. 1, pp. 99-114, January 2013, Invited Paper
2011
- Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, Christian Weissig
Ultrahigh-Resolution Video as Basis of a Format Agnostic Production System,
SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal, vol. 120, no. 8, pp. 44-49, December 2011
2010
- Christian Weissig, Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer
TiME Lab - Eine experimentelle Plattform für immersive Medien und höchstauflösende Produktions- und Wiedergabetechniken,
FKT Fachzeitschrift für Fernsehen, Film und elektronische Medien, no. 7, pp. 360 - 366, July 2010
2007
- Christoph Fehn, Christian Weissig, Ingo Feldmann, Marcus Müller, Peter Eisert, Peter Kauff, H. Bloß
Creation of High-Resolution Video Panoramas for Sport Events,
International Journal of Semantic Computing (IJSC), vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 171-184, June 2007
Conference Contributions
2018
- Oliver Schreer, Ingo Feldmann, Thomas Ebner, Sylvain Renault, Christian Weissig, Danny Tatzelt, Peter Kauff
Advanced Volumetric Capture and Processing,
International Broadcasting Convention (IBC 2018), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, September 2018, selected as one of the top 10 best conference papers
2016
- Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, Christian Weissig
Virtual Reality: The Next Big Thing in Broadcast,
Broadcast Asia 2016 Conference, Singapore, May 2016 - Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, Christian Weissig
The Potential of Panorama Technologies for Cultural Applications,
Kultur und Informatik: Augmented Reality, Hrsg.: C. Busch, J. Sieck, Berlin, Germany, Verlag Werner Hülsbusch, ISBN: 978-3-86488-103-9, pp. 17-28, May 2016
2015
- Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, Robert Skupin, Yago Sanchez de la Fuente, Christian Weissig
Interactive Streaming of Panorama and VR Worlds,
Proceedings of International Broadcast Conference (IBC 2015), Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2015
2014
- Christian Weissig, Arne Finn, Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer
Interaktives Streaming von höchstaufgelösten Videopanoramen,
26. FKTG-Tagung, Cologne, Germany, May 2014
2012
- Oliver Schreer, Peter Kauff, Peter Eisert, Christian Weissig, Jean-Claude Rosenthal
Geometrical Design Concept for Panoramic 3D Video Acquisition,
20th European Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO 2012), Bucharest, Romania, ISBN: 978-1-4673-1068-0, pp. 2757-2761, August 2012 - Christian Weissig, Oliver Schreer, Peter Eisert, Peter Kauff
The Ultimate Immersive Experience: Panoramic 3D Video Acquisition,
18th International Conference on Multimedia Modeling, Klagenfurt, Austria, January 2012
2010
- Rene Rodigast, Christian Weissig
Räumlicher und bildbezogener Sound für 180 Grad Projektion,
26. Tonmeistertagung – VDT International Convention, Congress Center Leipzig, Germany, November 2010 - Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, Christian Weissig
Ultra high resolution video production and display as basis of a format agnostic production system,
Proceedings of International Broadcast Conference (IBC 2010), Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2010
2008
- Ingo Feldmann, Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer, Joachim Schüssler, Christian Weissig
Technologien für höchstauflösende Aufnahme- und Projektionssysteme,
Fernseh- und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft (FKTG), annual conference, Munich, Germany, May 2008
2007
- Christoph Fehn, Christian Weissig, Ingo Feldmann, Marcus Müller, Peter Eisert, Peter Kauff, H. Bloß
Erzeugung von hochaufgelösten Video-Panoramen für Sport-Events,
Proceedings of 12th Dortmunder Fersehseminar (DFS), Dortmund, Germany, pp. 133-138, March 2007
2006
- Christoph Fehn, Christian Weissig, Ingo Feldmann, Marcus Müller, Peter Eisert, Peter Kauff, H. Bloss
Creation of High Resolution Video Panoramas of Sports Events,
Proceedings of IEEE International Symposium on Multimedia (ISM2006), San Diego, California, USA, pp. 291-298, December 2006
2005
- Christian Weissig, Ingo Feldmann, Joachim Schüssler, Ulrich Höfker, Peter Eisert, Peter Kauff
A Modular High Resolution Multi-Projection System,
Proceedings of 2nd Workshop on Immersive Communication and Broadcast Systems (ICOB 2005), Berlin, Germany, October 2005
2004
- Ulrich Höfker, Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer, Felix Schüssler, Christian Weissig
Ein skalierbares Multi-Projektionssystem für sehr hochauflösende Planar-, Zylinder- und Dome-Projektionen,
Tagungsband der 21. Jahrestagung der Fernseh- und Kinotechnischen Gesellschaft (FKTG), Koblenz, Germany, May 2004
Talks
2016
- Jean-Claude Rosenthal, Christian Weissig, Peter Kauff, Ralf Schäfer
High resolution 3D panorama camera and interactive streaming solutions for VR applications,
Fernseh- und Kinotechnische Gesellschaft - FKTG conference, Düsseldorf, Germany, May 2016, Talk
2015
- Ralf Schäfer, Christian Weissig
360° Camera Systems for VR Productions,
Hands on VR-Workshop at 3IT, Berlin, Germany, November 2015, Talk
Books/Chapters
2018
- Ralf Schäfer, Peter Kauff, Robert Skupin, Yago Sanchez de la Fuente, Christian Weissig
Interaktives Streamen von Panoramen und VR-Welten,
In: Digitale Bildungslandschaften, August-Wilhelm Scheer, imc information multimedia communication, Saarbrücken, Germany, ISBN: 978-3-9815833-9-7, pp. 70-85, ed. 2, January 2018, Book Chapter
Patents
Patents
EP 2695385 Capturing panoramic or semi-panoramic 3D scenes