초록
VR (Virtual Reality)은 최근 스마트 폰 기반 HMD (Head Mounted Displays)에 대한 개발 및 관심이 급증 함에 따라 360 비디오에 대한 표준화에 대한 요구가 급증하고 있다. 본 논문에서는 MPEG 산하에서 진행되는 360 미디어를 지원하기 위한 미디어 포맷인 Omnidirectional Media Format 에서 다루는 핵심 표준 기술에 대하여 자세히 소개한다. 360 미디어를 위한 OMAF 아키텍처를 소개하고 OMAF 에서 다루는 360 비디오 처리 및 메타데이터에 대해 자세히 설명한다. 그리고 360 미디어를 파일 혹은 세그먼트 내에 저장하기 위한 미디어 포멧 및 MPEG DASH(Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP)기반 360 미디어에 대한 스트리밍 기법에 대해 자세히 언급한다.
Virtual Reality (VR) has lately gained significant attention primarily driven by the recent market availability of consumer devices, such as mobile phone-based Head Mounted Displays (HMDs). Apart from classic gaming use cases, the delivery of $360^{\circ}$ video is considered as another major application and is expected to be ubiquitous in the near future. However, the delivery and decoding of high-resolution $360^{\circ}$ videos in desirable quality is a challenging task due to network limitations and constraints on available end device decoding and processing. In this paper, we focus on aspects of $360^{\circ}$ video streaming and provide an overview and discussion of possible solutions as well as considerations for future VR video streaming applications. This paper mainly focuses on the status of the standardization activities, Omnidirectional MediA Format (OMAF), to support interoperable $360^{\circ}$ video streaming services. More concretely, MPEG's ongoing work for OMA aims at harmonization of VR video platforms and applications. The paper also discusses the integration in MPEG Dynamic Adaptive Streaming over HTTP (MPEG-DASH), which is considered as $360^{\circ}$ video streaming services with OMAF content. In context of the general OMAF service architecture.