Hybrid projection for encoding 360 VR videos

Jintao Tang; Xinyu Zhang

doi:10.1109/VR.2019.8798261

Hybrid projection for encoding 360 VR videos

Jintao Tang, Xinyu Zhang

Software Engineering Institute

East China Normal University

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Abstract

During the past five years, tons of economic 360 VR cameras (e.g., Ricoh Theta, Samsumg Gear360, LG 360, Insta 360) are sold in the market. While 360 VR videos become ubiquitous very soon, 360 VR video standardization is still under discussion in the digital industry, and more concrete efforts are desired to accelerate its standardization and applications. Though ERP has been widely used for projection and packing layout while encoding 360 VR videos, it has severe projection distortion near poles. In this paper, we introduce a new format for encoding and storing 360 VR videos using hybrid cylindrical projection after thoroughly analyzing the problems with ERP. We show that our new hybrid format can minimize stretching distortion and generate well balanced pixel distribution in the resulting projection.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	440-447
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9781728113777
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8798261
State	Published - Mar 2019
Event	26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Osaka, Japan Duration: 23 Mar 2019 → 27 Mar 2019

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Name	26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings

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Conference	26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Osaka
Period	23/03/19 → 27/03/19

Keywords

Computer graphics
Computing methodologies
Graphics systems and interfaces
Virtual reality

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Tang, J., & Zhang, X. (2019). Hybrid projection for encoding 360 VR videos. In 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings (pp. 440-447). Article 8798261 (26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8798261

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Tang, J & Zhang, X 2019, Hybrid projection for encoding 360 VR videos. in 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings., 8798261, 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019 - Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 440-447, 26th IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces, VR 2019, Osaka, Japan, 23/03/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/VR.2019.8798261

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Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution › peer-review

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