Grant: Strategic Projects - Group

Recent years have witnessed intensified research, rapid product development and wide market acceptance of 3D image/video technologies, thanks to steady technological advances in computing, optoelectronic display, broadband Internet, and wireless communications. The transition from 2D to 3D representation of the world in media can profoundly reshape the ways we communicate, learn, play and work, and enrich both our economical and leisure lives. Canada enjoys world-wide reputations of being a 3D powerhouse and leading the current 3D Renaissance, with IMAX being synonymous for 3D movies of the highest quality. In the proposed strategic project, by combining the complementary expertise of four highly active investigators and research teams from four leading Canadian universities, we will develop a series of advanced 3D video technologies, namely, automatic quality assessment methods for quality-of-experience in 3D visual environment, novel temporal psychovisual modulation (TPVM)-based 3D display, chroma keying, coding and protection of 3D video signals, and resource optimization and error resilience of 3D video communications. Several key components in this proposal have the potentials of growing into breakthrough technologies, and the integration of these technologies via joint optimization under the proposed project presents many additional opportunities as well as challenges to researchers and developers. The project will be carried out through close collaborations with four Canadian companies in the multimedia and telecommunication industry. The PhD and Master's students trained through this project will supply the Canadian industry, academy and government organizations with highly qualified professionals, specialists and researchers that have great potentials to become the future leaders in the field.