NHK Propels Next-Generation Broadcasting Technology

摘要

Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK) continues to advance 8K technologies in the wake of its 8K satellite broadcasting in 2018. The company is also looking towards the future by further evolving its broadcast media to suit its "Diverse Vision" development. Large 8K displays, augmented reality/ virtual reality (AR/VR) devices, three-dimensional (3D) displays, haptic devices, and other emerging devices will be widespread in the future among users in addition to smartphones and tablets. The ways in which users engage with programs and contents will be even more diverse than they are now (Fig. 1). Therefore, the media will evolve along a new axis, presentation dimensions, as well as along the traditional evolving axes, quality and functionality (Fig. 2), by using various devices.