Advancements in Lenslet Video Coding: Insights from MPEG LVC

Xin Jin, Mehrdad Teratani, Byeungwoo Jeon, Toshiaki Fujii, Ruibo Zhao, Eline Soetens, Yuqing Yang

Abstract: Being a general representation format of the dense light field, lenslet video, where each frame consists of a 2D grid of micro-images, shows high potential for applications in immersive media such as glasses-free 3D displays and virtual reality. However, its distinct spatial-temporal-angular distribution places a significant challenge on conventional video coding. In July 2021, the Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG) established an Ad-Hoc group, Lenslet Video Coding (LVC), to explore use cases, efficient compression methods, testing sequences, conversion tools, and coding architectures towards a new compression standard. This paper provides an overview of recent progress in the LVC Ad Hoc group and presents the compression efficiency of state-of-the-art codec agnostic coding tools to encourage contributions in the future.

External IDs:dblp:conf/vcip/JinTJFZSY24