MiniView Layout for Bandwidth-Efficient 360-Degree Video
Mengbai Xiao, Shuoqian Wang, Chao Zhou, Li Liu, Zhenhua Li, Yao Liu, Songqing Chen · 2018
With the recent increase in popularity of VR devices, 360-degree video has become increasingly popular. As more users experience this new medium, it will likely see further increases in popularity as users experience its greater immersiveness compared to traditional video streams. 360-degree video streams must encode the omnidirectional view, and, with current encoding techniques, these views require significantly higher bandwidth than traditional video streams. These larger bandwidth requirements comprise the main barrier toward wider adoption by video streaming services.