US 2003/0076558 A1 · Immersive visualization theater system and method

Abstract

A system and method are disclosed for communicating multimedia information. Exemplary embodiments provide a Video-to-Optical apparatus (“V2O”) that can be used over either a private or a public optical network and transfers multimedia information in SONET/SDH frame format. The V2O uses SONET/SDH frames to transmit high-resolution stereoscopic images and other multimedia information through an optical network with high efficiency, high accuracy and low latency. The V2O interfaces with a visualization graphics-server on one side and the optical network on the other. The V2O apparatus can be placed in an optical network that offers an end-to-end OC 3 or higher rate circuit. A plurality of multimedia visualization centers can be coupled to the optical network. Each multimedia visualization center can include:(i) a V2O apparatus that transmits and/or receives SONET frames containing the multimedia information; and (ii) multimedia presentation equipment suitable for displaying multimedia information, such as audio, video and data.

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Dependent claims

A system for communicating multimedia information, comprising:

an optical carrier network configured to communicate multimedia information at a bitrate of at least 100 megabits per second;
a plurality of optical network elements in the optical carrier network, wherein the plurality of optical network elements provide a low latency end-to-end connection;
and
a plurality of multimedia visualization centers, respectively coupled to the plurality of optical network elements, each multimedia visualization center comprising:
multimedia presentation equipment suitable for creating and presenting multimedia information;
and
a visualization interface element coupled to a respective optical network element, the visualization interface element comprising:
a transmitter element configured to encode multimedia information into SONET payload envelopes of a plurality of SONET frames for transmission in the optical carrier network, and
a receiver element configured to decode multimedia information from the SONET payload envelopes into a form suitable for multimedia presentation.

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