With the development of virtual reality, higher quality panoramic videos are in great demand
to guarantee the immersive viewing experience. Therefore, quality assessment attaches …

Augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications have seen rising popularity in
recent years. Omnidirectional 360° video is a video format often used in AR and VR …

In this paper, a novel hybrid cubemap projection (HCP) is proposed to improve the 360-
degree video coding efficiency. HCP allows adaptive sampling adjustments in the horizontal …

To adapt to the existing video coding standards, omnidirectional videos are usually
projected from Three-Dimensional (3D) sphere to Two-Dimensional (2D) plane. However …

VR video is increasingly popular due to the recent advances in VR technology and
hardware. The bulky size of VR video, however, impose new challenges in its storage and …

This paper describes a 360° video coding scheme submitted in response to the joint call for
proposal on video compression for capability beyond HEVC issued by ITU-T SG16 Q. 6 …

The demanding bitrate requirements of supporting flawless streaming of immersive video
remains a challenge. To minimize the bandwidth without degrading the user's experience …

Recent advances in display, networking, and computing technologies have resulted in
changing industry focus towards 360-degree/omnidirectional images as witnessed by …

Panoramic videos provide users with an amazing experience with immersive and interactive
viewing, and are now gaining global popularity. Since panoramic videos are spherical in …

Immersive virtual reality (VR) technology is becoming mainstream nowadays. This
technology makes use of omnidirectional content in order to create immersion in the virtual …