Title: Depth map compression for 3DTV Services

Abstract:
Following the great success of Avatar in 3D and the recent advances in video display
technology, have increased the demand for 3DTV. The standard 3D video codec was 
finalized 2 years ago under the acronym H.264/MVC. The talk will first of all 
introduce the concept of 3D video coding and the application of depth maps to 
provide new services such as Free viewpoint services. I will further introduce an 
algorithm which is more suitable to compress the depth information.