Co-host: The Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan, The Institute of Image Information and Television Engineers, The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, The Institute of Electrical Engineers of Japan, The Virtual Reality Society of Japan
The international standardization body MPEG has been working standardizations on stereoscopic and multi-view video coding formats This paper presents recent trends on those activities, especially stereoscopic video standard MPEG-C part 3 and multi-view video coding standard MVC. Processing depth information for several standards is discussed, and efficiency of multi-view plus depth representation and coding format as the most expected solution is discussed. Further trends on those activities are addressed.