InterDigital Announces Collaboration with Philips on Video-Based Immersive Codec Research to Enable XR Opportunities

InterDigital, Inc. announced a collaboration with Royal Philips to jointly develop MPEG Visual Volumetric Video-based Coding (V3C) immersive codecs to the benefit of telepresence and XR-driven experiences. As part of the collaboration, InterDigital and Philips will demonstrate the impact and benefit of these technologies in critical industry use cases. During the AWE XR Expo on October 20-21, the partners will display video-based MPEG V3C codecs and associated system layers for 6DoF, VR and AR content streaming, for XR use cases like telelearning.

The MPEG V3C standard defines a common mechanism for encoding and streaming volumetric content. The first two major codecs associated with the MPEG V3C standard are Video-Based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC) for point cloud data transmission and MPEG Immersive Video (MIV) for multiple viewing with in-depth content. . Video volume is an essential component to creating and enjoying the increasingly immersive experiences made popular through XR apps. Unlike traditional video, volumetric video is made up of a sequence of images, where each frame is a 3D representation of a real-world object or scene at a given time. Volumetric content requires significant bandwidth, and compression is critical to achieving sustainable and economically viable data rates for the industry. Standards like MPEG V3C play a critical role in reaching this reality and ensuring interoperability for new and emerging experiences.

The collaboration will leverage each partner’s research expertise – InterDigital will contribute expertise on immersive codecs, including V3C Systems and V-PCC and MIV extensions. In addition to its contribution to MIV and V3C systems standards, Philips will contribute critical six degrees of freedom (6DoF) immersive codec technologies in the areas of image reconstruction and rendering. Together, the partners will integrate their technologies to enhance the benefit of emerging immersive experiences.

“We take pride in our unique research expertise at InterDigital, and our industry impact is only amplified through the application of collaborative research with esteemed partners like Philips,”

“Our technology contributions ensure greater efficiency and sharper outcomes when processing volumetric content and make the desire for increasingly immersive experiences a reality.”

Rajesh Pankaj, EVP and Chief Technology Officer, InterDigital.

 

“Implementing real-time volumetric video will enable a much more realistic immersive experience, fostering remote collaboration, training and support in various sectors,”

“By adopting an open innovation approach, we can use our technology and intellectual property to bring innovations to the market through Philips propositions, and those of partners. Our collaboration with InterDigital will help to demonstrate the benefits of the MPEG V3C standard and its V-PCC and MIV extensions to accelerate its adoption across industries.”

Jako Eleveld, Head of IP Licensing, Philips.

At the AWE XR expo in Portugal from October 20–21, InterDigital and Philips will present the most recent outcomes of their immersive codec collaboration inside InterDigital’s stand. The partners will specifically present an immersive telelearning application that makes use of the new V3C standards, such as the V-PCC and MIV codecs.

Additionally, Valerie Allie, Director of Video Solutions at InterDigital, will discuss at AWE XR how this joint effort contributes to V3C codecs that provide more effective volumetric video-based media streaming. On October 20 at 16:35 CET, she will give a presentation titled “Video-Based Immersive Codecs for Telelearning and XR Experiences” at Sala1’s XR Enablement track.