About me
Ravindra “Ravi” Velhal is Emmy nominated, awards winner “Immersive Cinema and 8K livestreaming Pioneer”, leads Digital Media Standards, Technologies, advance media formats and Immersive Cinema programs globally at Intel. Pioneered first ever live streaming of Tokyo 2020 and Paris 2024 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. 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 125+ 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.
