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7 Conclusion
3-Dvideocaptureanddisplaytechnologieshaveexperiencedrapidgrowthandcommercial
success duringthelastdecade.Drivenbythepowerfulvisionofbeingabletocommunicate
in 3-D, the integration of 3-D video and communication technologies are underway. Im-
mersive communication applications provide more natural conditions for effective human
interaction. 3-D video communication is demanding due to the stringent requirements on
qualityandtheenormousamountsofdatainvolved.3Dvideohasbecomeeverclosertothe
users due to the technological advancement of related technologies. This topic has viewed
the state of the art of 3D video technologies, ranging from 3D video capture to display.
Different 3D video scene representations and capturing techniques are presented and the
advantagesand disadvantages of the colour plus depth map representation, which is the se-
lected representation for the experiments are discussed. Next, the compression techniques
for stereoscopic video are described. This also elaborates on principles of classical 2D
video coding approaches and scalable video coding. The transmission technologies are
presented with more focus on 3D video over IP networks. Furthermore, this elaborates
on error resilient and error concealments methods applicable for stereoscopic video. The
viewing methods for 3D video are getting popular and becoming more affordable. The
state of the art 3DvideodisplaytechniquesarediscussedincludinglatestAutostereoscopic
display techniques. Finally, the quality issues of 3D video are explored and formal meth-
odologies of evaluating emerging 3D video application scenarios are presented.
