Opportunities for more immersive services are increasing as volume capturing and rendering devices become more readily available. Metaverse in its own right is driving the demand for volumetric media as 2D experiences need to move into a more immersive domain. As a result, more technologies are being developed to address the requirements for compressing, storing, and delivering volumetric media. Multiple Standards Developing Organizations (SDO) and related organizations have established isolated focus or study groups to solve issues affecting volumetric media services. To realize the potential of the metaverse and allow volumetric services to play a role in it, it is essential to learn more of the ongoing activities and to identify opportunities for collaboration and interoperability.
To address the interoperability issues hindering the adoption of volumetric media services, Metaverse Standards Forum has established a dedicated Volumetric Media Interoperability (VMI) Domain Working Group. The recently established working group aims at creating a platform for facilitating the discussion between multiple SDOs and industry forums. It intends to work on identifying and solving concrete interoperability issues between different systems. Many puzzle pieces have to be in place for volumetric media to become mainstream, and the industry will win more from working together than from working on proprietary solutions.
The Volumetric Media Interoperability Working Group kicks off June 13, 2024 at 7AM PT to share further plans on how it intends to achieve its goals. All Forum members are warmly invited to join the call and play an active role contributing to the development of volumetric media ecosystem.
Join the Forum today to join this meeting and any other Domain Groups that you are interested in participating in! Join as a Principal Member to receive benefits such as voting rights in the Plenary meetings, participation in the Oversight Committee, Board eligibility, and priority marketing considerations. This exciting opportunity gives your organization a voice in guiding the work of the Metaverse Standards Forum.