InterDigital, Inc. and Philips announced an upcoming showcase at AWE USA 2024 to demonstrate how volumetric video-based codecs and streaming technologies enable completely new levels of imivity when streaming live and eSports experiences. The AWE conference and expo will take place in Long Beach, California from June 18 - 20, 2024. Located at Booth 233, InterDigital and Philips will jointly demonstrate their immersive technologies and contributions to video standards that enable the rendering and delivery of volumetric video experiences.

Volumetric video adds the sensation of depth and parallax to traditional content by capturing 3D representations of a real-world object or scenes and translating them into a sequence of frames that can be transmitted across devices. Given the richness of volumetric data, the delivery of this video content requires special compression, and the MPEG Visual Volumetric Video-based Coding (V3C) standard defines the general mechanism for coding and streaming volumetric content. InterDigital and Philips' collaboration on V3C immersive codecs empowers the delivery of volumetric content, leveraging InterDigital's expertise in immersive codecs, including video point cloud compression (V-PCC), Haptics, and MPEG immersive video (MIV) extensions, alongside Philips' expertise in MIV extensions and contributions to critical six degrees of freedom (6DoF) immersive codec and content creation pipelines for 3D rendering.

At AWE, the partners will demonstrate the application of their innovations to deliver live and recorded volumetric video for streamed sport and eSport experiences. InterDigital will showcase contributions to MPEG Immersive Video, Haptics, and Scene Description standards empowering the streaming of volumetric and sensory-enhanced content for recorded eSports gameplay. Philips will demonstrate its video technologies that enable the capture and streaming of volumetric-enhanced live sports content.

Together, the partners will highlight their contributions to the MPEG-I V3C standard and MPEG-DASH platform, which fosters the sensation of real-time telepresence and volumetric realism that can be applied across a diversity of content experiences. The partners' V3C implementation will soon be included, in " early access mode," in the 5G-MAG Reference Tools compositions hosted by the 5G-MAG Media Action Group. The presentation will be delivered on June 19 at 4:00pm PT in Room 101B.