MOBILE3DTV project finalized

Mission accomplished! The MOBILE3DTV project ended and has provided core technology for new mobile 3DTV systems. Summarizing our work in pictures, here are the posters that we presented at the presentation of the final end-to-end MOBILE3DTV system at ICT2010 in Brussels.




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Technical Report: Adaptation and optimization of coding algorithms for mobile 3DTV

Adaptation and optimization of coding algorithms for mobile 3DTV
Philipp Merkle, Heribert Brust, Kristina Dix, Yongzhe Wang, Aljoscha Smolic, Technical report, November 2008

We achieved up to 35% bitrate savings from inter-view prediction compared to stereo simulcast. Inter-view prediction whether as H.264 SEI or MVC does not add substantial complexity. A representation as video plus depth is an interesting alternative for 3D video. It allows to adjust the stereo rendering at the decoder and to optimally adapt the 3D impression for any given display. However, this extended functionality comes at the cost of an increased complexity. MPEG-C Part 3 is suitable for encoding of video plus depth data. Good depth quality is essential for good overall quality.

The publication is available on www.mobile3dtv.eu.
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Conference Paper: Mobile 3DTV System: Quality and User Perspective

Mobile 3DTV System: Quality and User Perspective
A. Gotchev, S. Jumisko-Pyykkö, A. Boev, D. Strohmeier, "Mobile 3DTV System: Quality and User Perspective", European Workshop of Media Delivery (EUMOB’08), Oulu, Finland, July 2008.

While mobile 3DTV system components such as stereo video compression techniques, transmission channels and auto-stereoscopic displays are available and with good level of maturity, their joint work crucially depend on the quality and user acceptance. We address these two key factors by rigorously investigating all possible artifacts appearing at all processing stages and influencing different layers of the human 3D vision, and by applying a novel user-centered design to the critical components of the system.

The publication is available on www.mobile3dtv.eu.
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Conference Paper: Designing for User Experience: What to Expect from Mobile 3D TV and Video?

Designing for User Experience: What to Expect from Mobile 3D TV and Video?
S. Jumisko-Pyykkö, M. Weitzel, D. Strohmeier: "Designing for User Experience: What to Expect from Mobile 3D TV and Video?", uxTV Con 2008, Silicon Valley, USA, October 2008.

A long path has been taken in the side of technology to develop 3D video for consumer products, but user studies to underline the actual users’ needs and expectations are disregarded. The object of this study is to examine users’ needs, expectations and requirements for mobile 3D television and video. We conducted three user studies applying a methodological triangulation of the extensive survey, focus groups and probe studies to gather the requirements. The results are presented in the form of the requirement guideline which highlights the aspects of users, desired system and service including the interesting contents and usage contexts. Both academia and industry can benefit from these requirements when designing the further studies and development work in the user experience of 3D television and video.

The publication is available on www.mobile3dtv.eu.
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Publications - Category description

This category includes posts about publications that were published by partners of the MOBILE3DTV project. In addition other interesting publications that were published by others could be reviewed and presented here.
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