Velhal, Ravindra

Ravindra “Ravi” Velhal is multiple awards winner “Immersive Cinema Pioneer”, leads Digital Media Standards, Technologies, advance media formats and Immersive Cinema programs globally at Intel. He and his team, pioneered first ever live streaming of Tokyo 2020 Olympics games in 8K, 60 fps, HDR over the open internet to selected locations worldwide, launched 8K OTT service with GloboTV in Brazil and delivered 8K VR livestreaming of Beijing Winter Olympics (Emmy Nominated). Ravi co-produced several award winning Hollywood and global VR Cinemas and holds more than dozen patents, authored several research papers and spoke at more than 110 forums and conferences worldwide. He currently co-chairs Encode group in 8K association, Immersive Cinema at Infinity Festival, served as a director on the AIS/VR Society board, IEEE CS Oregon Chair, contributor towards climate change initiatives and an advisor to film and trade organizations, globally.