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Real-Time Free Viewpoint Video for Immersive Videoconferencing

Publicated to: 2015 SEVENTH INTERNATIONAL WORKSHOP ON QUALITY OF MULTIMEDIA EXPERIENCE (QOMEX). 171-174 - 2024-01-01 (), DOI: 10.1109/QoMEX61742.2024.10598259

Authors:

Usón, J; Muñoz, V; Cortés, C; Berjón, D; Morán, F; Díaz, C; Gutierrez, J; Jaureguizar, F; García, N; Cabrera, J
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Affiliations

Univ Politecn Madrid, ETSI Telecomunicac, Informat Proc & Telecommun Ctr, Grp Tratamiento Imagenes, Madrid, Spain - Author

Abstract

In this work, we propose a demo of an immersive videoconference system using Free Viewpoint Video (FVV) technology. It makes use of the FVV Live system, which covers the entire FVV pipeline (capture, view rendering, and visualization) while working in real-time. The FVV Live system consists of nine cameras that capture an environment and a view renderer that uses the information from the cameras to generate a synthetic view at an arbitrary point. It is designed as a hybrid demo. While the capture and rendering processes take place at our premises, FVV Live can be visualized through devices connected to the Internet. The system allows immersive navigation of a virtual scene with 6 degrees of freedom, and interaction with live-captured avatars integrated in such scene. For this purpose, it uses WebRTC connections to update the position of the virtual camera and to receive the FVV Live view encoded as a video. Additionally, the user will be recorded by a simple camera and microphone setup, and the generated streams will be transmitted to our premises through the same WebRTC server. This way, people being recorded by FVV Live will be able to see and hear the user, enabling bidirectional communication.
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Keywords

Free viewpoint videoFvvImmersive communicationsImmersive videoconferencingRealtime systeRealtime systemStreaming media

Quality index

Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

Independientemente del impacto esperado determinado por el canal de difusión, es importante destacar el impacto real observado de la propia aportación.

Según las diferentes agencias de indexación, el número de citas acumuladas por esta publicación hasta la fecha 2026-04-25:

  • Google Scholar: 1
  • Scopus: 2
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 2 (PlumX).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/90517/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 112
  • Downloads: 58
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: First Author (USON PEIRON, JAVIER) and Last Author (CABRERA QUESADA, JULIAN).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been USON PEIRON, JAVIER.

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Awards linked to the item

This work was supported by the projects: HORIZON-IA-1010702-50 (XRECO) funded by the European Union, PID2020-115132RB (SARAOS) funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 of the Spanish Government, TED2021-131690B-C31 (Revolution) funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and by the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR, TSI-063000-2021-4 (6G-Openverso -Holo) and TSI-063000-2021-80 (DISRADIO -Pilotos) funded by the Ministry of Digital Transformation of the Spanish Government and NextGenerationEU/PRTR.
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