MVC is a straightforward extension of AVC to stereoscopic or multiview video. There are a multitude of approaches currently promoted within the 3DV group without a clear understanding on the expected performance and functionality difference. The 3DV group is encouraged to streamline its work since profiles will have to provide significant differences in performance and functionality.
6.2User Collaboration with BIFS/LASeR
Collaboration over networks is possible today. However, setting up and working in these collaborative environments and multi-user worlds is cumbersome due to complicated software systems and low performance of the systems. Especially media relevant to MPEG are not treated well. An extension of Bifs and LASeR such that they integrate well with these existing collaborative environments and their protocols is desirable. In response to N12396 Call for Proposals for Scene Technologies for Collaborative Applications MPEG received one response defining one BIFS-Node and several demonstrations of its functionality. The node provides an appropriate solution according to the requirements. The work was transferred to Systems.
