This report describes the CASTLE 2024 event, a collaborative effort to create a PoV 4K video dataset recorded by a dozen people in parallel over several days. The participating content creators wore a GoPro and a Fitbit for approximately 12 hours each day while engaging in typical daily activities. The …
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Once upon a time, when engineers measured networks in latency and packet loss, the idea of Quality of Experience (QoE) emerged — a myth whispered among researchers who dared to ask not what the system delivers, but what the user perceives. Decades later, QoE has evolved into a sprawling epic, …
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The 150th MPEG meeting was held online from 31 March to 04 April 2025. The official press release can be found here. This column provides the following highlights: Requirements: MPEG-AI strategy and white paper on MPEG technologies for metaverse JVET: Draft Joint Call for Evidence on video compression with capability …
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JPEG AI becomes an International Standard The 106th JPEG meeting was held online from January 6 to 10, 2025. During this meeting, the first image coding standard based on machine learning technology, JPEG AI, was sent for publication as an International Standard. This is a major achievement as it leverages …
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Introduction The last plenary meeting of the Video Quality Experts Group (VQEG) was held online by the Institute for Telecommunication Sciences (ITS) of the National Telecommunications and Information Adminsitration (NTIA) from November 18th to 22nd, 2024. The meeting was attended by 70 participants from industry and academic institutions from 17 …
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