Weekly Meeting: Thursday, 5-6pm CEST (Zoom Link) (Subscribe to Community Calendar to stay up to date)

Next Meeting: 11th July 2024 (online)

Next Milestone:  TBD

General Information

Slack: TBD

GitHub: TBD

Chairs:

• Richard Fernandes , General Motors

• Jose Freitas, FORVIA

Compliance statement:

Antitrust
Before we begin, we would like to make clear that COVESA is committed to compliance with the antitrust laws in all of its activities, and that it expects all participants to similarly comply with the antitrust laws.  We will not engage in--and members must refrain from--any discussion of, or understandings regarding competitively sensitive topics. If you have any doubts regarding whether a matter is appropriate for discussion, please consult with your antitrust counsel.

Open and Royalty-Free
Further, COVESA aspires to be an open and royalty-free organization. The discussions and contributions made during this session are governed by the COVESA Intellectual Property policy. If you are unfamiliar with that policy, please review it in detail prior to making any contribution that reads upon a patent.

Weekly Notes

• 14.11.2024 Bi-weekly

  • Agenda

    • In-Car Gaming
      • Present shortly the use case: in-car gaming using a smartphone as a controller
      • Brief from AirConsole:
        • What was special about the integration (Android app, access to car's interior lighting, and more)
        • What challenges were you faced?
        • 
      • Brief from BMW:
        • What was done on the AAOS level to support it
        • What could be done in the future to allow more innovative use cases like AirConsole
        • 
    • Geolocation
      • Finalize the proposal and share the next steps
  • Next steps
    • Specify API requirements for immersive gaming experience and share the use case with the VSS group
    • Understand the specification of COVESA Generic Connector for 3rd party app developers (gaming + media) to build immersive apps for cars
    • Follow up on the proposal for geolocation solution

• 31.10.2024 Bi-weekly

  • Agenda
    • Utilize the existing AM/FM Tuner for reverse geocoding - presented by Globant
      • 
  • Next Steps
    • Create a list of basic technical requirements for all regions to be supported on AAOS requested by Content Providers (GPS antenna, connectivity, geolocation etc.)
    • Create an action plan for geocoding
  • Topics for the next session
    • tracking unique device identification with 3rd party apps (cross-apps)
    • in-car gaming use case & vehicle API integration 

• 05.09.2024 Bi-weekly

  • Agenda

    • COVESA Entertainment Workshop @ IBC

  • Next Steps
    • Dan to follow up with cloud vendors to join AMM
    • Paul to speak with event planner to fit geolocation session with cloud vendors
    • Tomek & Richard to sync on AMM agenda

  • Presentation

    • 

  • COVESA Entertainment Workshop @ IBC

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    • Date: 13.09.2024 (Friday)

    • Time:

      • CET: 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm (EU)

      • EDT: 8:00 am – 10:00 am (Detroit)

      • PDT: 5:00 am – 7:00 am (Bay area)

      • JST: 9:00 pm – 11:00 pm (Tokyo)

• 08.08.2024 Bi-weekly

  • Agenda

    • COVESA Entertainment Workshop @ IBC → link to register

    • Topic Survey → collect topics that will be discussed during IBC with Content Providers

    • Geolocation & Geofencing

    • Insights from yacht entertainment → Globant

  • Presentation
    • 2408-COVESA Entertainment- Meeting (08.08.2024).pdf
  • Next Steps
    • COVESA at IBC
      • Collect topics to be discussed during IBC with Content Partners https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/23DHNJ7
    • Globant to follow-up with Google Cloud team on geolocation and come with proposal within 2-3 weeks
      • later, we need to internally evaluate the interest from OEMs and CPs

• 11.07.2024 Bi-weekly

  • Presentation
    • 
  • Next Steps
    • 3SS to follow up with Globant on the potential solutions for geocoding
      • geocoding is important for content providers and their legal advisors to prove that automotive platform can satisfy their licensing agreements
    • Globant to follow-up about similar challenge (geocoding) tackled by yacht industry
    • COVESA members to find out the hardware for testing

• 13.06.2024 Kick-off

  • it was discussed that the Group should involve Content Providers
  • we should move from Monthly to bi-weekly
  • clear milestones & objectives needs to included in the Charter

Workstream Concept & Approach

Mission

Reducing access barriers for video content providers by standardizing the technical implementation in the car.​

Scope

1. DRM
   1. Challenge: closing the gap between GAS Systems with Widevine DRM L1 vs. non-GAS​
   2. Solution: defining the minimal requirements and standardizing the certification process​
2. GEOLOCATION
   1. Challenge: using IP for geo-blocking streaming content is not feasible when using a local IP hub
   2. Solution: standardize non-IP-based location sharing following privacy laws​
3. CERTIFICATION
   1. Challenge: clustered and undefined process per car brand
   2. Solution:
      1. Introducing a standardized way to certify entertainment apps for automotive ​
      2. introducing readiness on non-GAS systems (streaming technologies, codecs, frame rates, …)​
4. ANALYTICS
   1. Challenge: lack of device & app monitoring capabilities
   2. Solution:
      1. standardization of streaming analytics data and reporting formats to easily track​
      2. standardization of the quality of experience across all automotive platforms (average bitrate, error rate, …)​
5. TECHNOLOGY
   1. Challenge: automotive hardware not seen as a relevant content distribution platform
   2. Solution:
      1. defining the minimum requirements on hardware performance and software testing & specs​
      2. defining the requirements to become attractive for global streaming providers
      3. Multi-screen behaviour & the right aspect ratio & sidepanel reusage for wider display (gradient/ambient)

Presentations

Working Model

• Problem gathering & feedbacks from various OEMs and Content Partners
• High-level backlog & prioritization
• Key challenges to focus within 3 month sprint
• Kick-off workshop / planning
• Monthly follow up sync → might be increased when necessary
• Sprint Review / Demo Review session
• Joint Backlog refinement  
• Next topic iteration

Charter