Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT

Fraunhofer Institute for Digital Media Technology IDMT in Ilmenau conducts applied research in the field of digital media and works on leading projects and topics in the field of audio visual applications. More than 60 employees and 80 students are working on several scientific projects and in different fields of research at the Fraunhofer IDMT, founded in 2004.

Besides sound solutions for home- and professional users (e.g. IOSONO^®Wave Field Synthesis technology) software technologies for analysis and characterization of multimedia content as well as audio-visual applications for medical engineering are being developed. Furthermore interactive AV applications for entertainment and knowledge management and the design of architectures for digital online-distribution are in the institute’s research focus.
The Fraunhofer IDMT realizes innovative scientific results through prototypes and applicable solutions which come up to customer and market requirements in close cooperation with partners in economy, culture and science.