CineGrid, high quality media streaming and processing on advanced photonic networks

摘要

This special section deals with topics related to high quality media over photonics networks and on large, tiled displays commonly used in scientific visualization or for media rich collaborative environments. An important community of practice for these advanced applications is CineGrid. CineGrid is an international non-profit organization whose members focus on the research, development, and demonstration of networked collaborative tools to enable the production, use and exchange of very high quality digital media over photonic networks . Since its founding in 2004, CineGrid and its many participants have demonstrated the feasibility of transmitting high definition (2K) and ultra-high definition 4K (UHD 4K) and emerging ultra-high definition 8K (UHD 8K) over photonics networks.