b'V-SENSE video enables novel formats of immersive AR/VR Our reinterpretations of Samuel Becketts Playvisualization of content, which is captured with in VR and AR, VR Play and AR Play has alreadyV-SENSE is a research group of 20+ postdocs and real cameras, where interaction in full 6 degrees received significant attention as evident fromPhD students funded by the Science Foundation of freedom is supported. As there is a growing exhibitions, publications and a VR art awardof Ireland over five years in the Research market and demand for such content received. Further productions include a projectprogramme. Professor Smolic built a dynamic worldwide, the technology was patented and with Trinity Library around Jonathan Swift inenvironment where enthusiastic young licensed to the spin-out company Volograms, the Long Room in AR/VR, as well as dedicatedscientists with dierent backgrounds work which received 850,000 in seed funding and immersive experiences. As such, V-SENSE istogether to shape the future in fundamental, as has rapidly expanded to eight employees after inventing novel forms of artistic expression andwell as applied research projects. The main only eighteen months in operation. Volograms bringing them to the world platform.research direction of the team is visual continues to commercialize the V-SENSEcomputing at the intersection of computer innovation in order to bring volumetric video As in many areas of technology, business andvision, computer graphics and video signal closer to everyone. society, artificial intelligence is also disruptiveprocessing, with a particular focus on creative for visual computing. With the availability ofapplications. On the creative side, volumetric video enables immense compute power and huge amounts ofcompletely novel forms of immersive and data, deep learning outperforms many of theV-SENSE established itself quickly after its interactive storytelling, which can be regarded classical algorithms in the field. V-SENSEfoundation in 2016 as a centre of expertise in as a new form of art. However, how to best use adopted this challenge and opportunity andaugmented and virtual reality (AR/VR). Powerful the new medium, how to write for it, to act, to made several significant contributions to thealgorithms for content creation of volumetric produce, etc. is still widely unknown in creative field of deep learning for visual computing overvideo were developed, which received the 2019 communities. V-SENSE engages with the artists the last two years, which were published atJournal of Visual Communication and Image early in the process in order to showcase and dierent venues. This expertise ensures that theRepresentation Best Paper Award. Volumetric investigate the novel technologies in real team will stay at the cutting edge of innovationcreative productions. in the future.45'