3D Visual Content Creation, Coding and Delivery

Description

This book covers the different aspects of modern 3D multimedia technologies by addressing several elements of 3D visual communications systems, using diverse content formats, such as stereo video, video-plus-depth and multiview, and coding schemes for delivery over networks. It also presents the latest advances and research results in regards to objective and subjective quality evaluation of 3D visual content, extending the human factors affecting the perception of quality to emotional states. The contributors describe technological developments in 3D visual communications, with particular emphasis on state-of-the-art advances in acquisition of 3D visual scenes and emerging 3D visual representation formats, such as: multi-view plus depth and light field;evolution to freeview and light-field representation;compression methods and robust delivery systems; andcoding and delivery over various channels. Simulation tools, testbeds and datasets that are useful for advanced research and experimental studies in the field of 3D multimedia delivery services and applications are covered. The international group of contributors also explore the research problems and challenges in the field of immersive visual communications, in order to identify research directions with substantial economic and social impact. 3D Visual Content Creation, Coding and Delivery provides valuable information to engineers and computer scientists developing novel products and services with emerging 3D multimedia technologies, by discussing the advantages and current limitations that need to be addressed in order to develop their products further. It will also be of interest to students and researchers in the field of multimedia services and applications, who are particularly interested in advances bringing significant potential impact on future technological developments. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction (Pedro Amado Assunção, Atanas Gotchev)....Pages 1-3 Emerging Imaging Technologies: Trends and Challenges (Marek Domański, Tomasz Grajek, Caroline Conti, Carl James Debono, Sérgio M. M. de Faria, Peter Kovacs et al.)....Pages 5-39 3D Content Acquisition and Coding (Dragan Kukolj, Libor Bolecek, Ladislav Polak, Tomas Kratochvil, Ondrej Zach, Jan Kufa et al.)....Pages 41-95 Efficient Depth-Based Coding (Carl James Debono, Marek Domański, Sérgio M. M. de Faria, Krzysztof Klimaszewski, Luís F. R. Lucas, Nuno M. M. Rodrigues et al.)....Pages 97-114 Error Concealment Methods for Multiview Video and Depth (Sérgio M. M. de Faria, Sylvain Marcelino, Carl J. Debono, Salviano Soares, Pedro Amado Assunção)....Pages 115-141 Light Field Image Compression (Caroline Conti, Luís Ducla Soares, Paulo Nunes, Cristian Perra, Pedro Amado Assunção, Mårten Sjöström et al.)....Pages 143-176 Impact of Packet Losses in Scalable Light Field Video Coding (Caroline Conti, Paulo Nunes, Luís Ducla Soares)....Pages 177-193 Transmission of 3D Video Content (Emil Dumic, Anamaria Bjelopera, Khaled Boussetta, Luis A. da Silva Cruz, Yuansong Qiao, A. Murat Tekalp et al.)....Pages 195-221 3D Video Tools (Emil Dumic, Khaled Boussetta, Luis A. da Silva Cruz, Tasos Dagiuklas, Antonio Liotta, Ilias Politis et al.)....Pages 223-265 Quality of Experience and Quality of Service Metrics for 3D Content (Miguel Barreda-Ángeles, Federica Battisti, Giulia Boato, Marco Carli, Emil Dumic, Margrit Gelautz et al.)....Pages 267-297 3D Visual Content Datasets (Karel Fliegel, Federica Battisti, Marco Carli, Margrit Gelautz, Lukáš Krasula, Patrick Le Callet et al.)....Pages 299-325