Inspired by MPEG-I and JPEG-PLENO standardization activities, this book is for readers who want to understand 3D representations and multi-camera video processing for novel immersive media applications. The authors address new challenges that arise beyond compression-only, such as depth acquisition and 3D rendering.

Gauthier Lafruit is professor of multimedia at the Laboratory of Image Synthesis and Analysis (LISA), Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. His work focuses on multi-camera 3D acquisitions, steadily evolving towards photo-realistic free-viewpoint navigation modalities and glasses-free 3D viewing. He is an IEEE senior member who is active in IEEE Circuits and Systems and IEEE Signal Processing Societies.