Author(s)

Jane de Almeida^1*, Guido Lemos de Souza Filho², Carlos Eduardo Coelho Freire Batista², Lucenildo Lins de Aquino Junior², Jose Ivan Vilarouca Filho², Manoel Silva Neto², Cicero Inacio da Silva³, Leandro Ciuffo⁴, Iara Machado⁴, Clayton Reis da Silva⁴

¹Laboratory of Cinematic Arts and Visualization (LabCine), Mackenzie Presbyterian University, São Paulo, Brazil.
²Laboratory of Digital Video Applications (LAVID), Federal University of Paraíba (UFPB), João Pessoa, Brazil.
³Telehealth Program, Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP), São Paulo, Brazil.
⁴The National Education and Research Network (RNP), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

After 4K, 8K UHD resolution can be considered the new challenge for film, visualization and television. Due to the dimension of 8K image, the remote micro and macro images are considered appropriate for visualization with scientific and educational purposes. This article describes the implementation of the 8K video plug-in to play UHD videos into the SAGE, a collaborative environment for the advancement of scientific research and education developed by EVL (Electronic Visualization Laboratory), upgrading its current resolution for video playing. It also presents the challenges of producing 8K content, the development of the code and introduces the features to view 8K ultra high definition videos in multiple tiles through the use of low cost computer clusters. The SAGE 8K video plug-in implementation was made possible because of the previous development of the Fogo Player, a system to run 4K and 8K content. The results were successfully presented at the CineGrid International Workshop 2013 in San Diego.

8K, Ultra High Definition, Fogo Player, Visualization, SAGE, UHD, CineGrid

de Almeida, J. , de Souza Filho, G. , Batista, C. , de Aquino Junior, L. , Vilarouca Filho, J. , Neto, M. , da Silva, C. , Ciuffo, L. , Machado, I. and Reis da Silva, C. (2014) Integration of Fogo Player and SAGE (Scalable Adaptive Graphics Environment) for 8K UHD Video Exhibition. Journal of Computer and Communications, 2, 50-55. doi: 10.4236/jcc.2014.212006.