Big Blue Marble has formed a strategic partnership with HISPlayer, a leading video player for Unity, Unreal Engine, and Meta Spatial SDK. This collaboration aims to provide DRM-protected, end-to-end video streaming solutions for interactive and immersive XR (Extended Reality) applications across mobile devices, PCs, laptops, and VR/AR headsets.

The partnership integrates Big Blue Marble’s Cloud Video Kit—a modular platform for managing and processing live and on-demand video—and Cloud DRM, its multi-DRM content protection service, with HISPlayer’s advanced XR playback technology. This combined solution enables broadcasters, content owners, telecom operators, and sports platforms to deliver their premium video content in XR environments with robust DRM protection on all supported devices worldwide.

Key features of the joint offering include:

• Secure playback of protected content with Widevine DRM Level 1 on Meta Quest
• Ultra-high-resolution 8K video support
• Seamless multi-camera or multi-angle playback
• Interactive ad formats designed for 3D environments
• Enhanced video with dynamic lighting and visual effects
• Rich spatial audio for a fully immersive experience

Currently, many XR experiences rely on placeholder or demo footage due to challenges in securing rights-protected content. The partnership between Big Blue Marble and HISPlayer addresses this issue by enabling DRM-secured video in XR environments, allowing broadcasters and sports platforms to experiment with immersive formats using their premium content.

Dawid Gorniak, Product Owner for Cloud Video Kit and Cloud DRM at Big Blue Marble, commented, “Immersive technologies are finally moving from hype to real use cases, but these experiences cannot be deployed at scale unless premium content is protected at the same level as established streaming services. Our partnership with HISPlayer gives organizations the confidence to bring their highest-value assets into the XR space without compromising on security or user experience, and without the costly process of changing the headend.”

Carlos Lucas, CEO of HISPlayer, added, “HISPlayer’s goal is to lead the market in high-quality XR/VR video streaming across all devices, and that requires the ability to deliver premium video content with the strongest level of DRM protection. This strategic partnership enables us to offer customers a turnkey, end-to-end solution that brings together DRM content protection, the most advanced VR/XR video player available, and the broadcasting delivery expertise of Big Blue Marble.”

Disclaimer: This article has been auto-generated from a syndicated RSS feed and has not been edited by Vitrina staff. It is provided solely for informational purposes on a non-commercial basis.