Volumetric Video on the Web: a platform prototype and empirical study

@Article {
title = {Volumetric Video on the Web: a platform prototype and empirical study},
pages = {article number 2},
keywds = {
Extended Reality; Streaming; Volumetric video; WebXR
}
abstract = {

Volumetric video is a promising technology and it is on the rise due to the popularization of eXtended Reality (XR) applications. However, web support for it has only been lightly explored. Developing a platform to stream live volumetric video on the web is a complex challenge, but crucial to allow future web-based applications. This paper describes and critically reviews a prototype in this direction. In addition, to understand the state-of-the-art in web volumetric video rendering, the paper also presents a thorough empirical study of 720 experiments and more than 5.5 million frames logged using eight different devices under different conditions. Our analysis demonstrates that some devices are ready to support volumetric video streaming in a web browser up to 15 fps and 300.000 points per frame over a WiFi network. However, the study also reveals that device performance is heterogeneous and sometimes surprising, because more expensive devices equipped with better hardware do not always deliver the best performance.

}
isbn = {979-840070689-9},
date = {2024-09-25},
}