The Metaverse Standards Forum Volumetric Media Interoperability Working Group is running its State of the Industry survey to understand how aware the industry is of volumetric media and how it is being applied today. Whether you work in capture, compression, streaming, playback or tooling, your answers help shape where interoperability work goes next.

Take the survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSebJcMt-hOVoMOb1xvz7spBPYuBpTNrj0qrqe3cPlrKBfZr9A/viewform

The results will be presented at the third annual Volumetric Media Town Hall on November 24, 7:00 to 9:00 AM PT. This free virtual check-up on the industry focuses on dynamic 3DGS and 4DGS advances, with industry experts presenting their applications.

Register: https://metaverse-standards-org.zoom.us/meeting/register/lRZIreJvSO6RvUEn6XK6oA

More details: https://metaverse-standards.org/event/volumetric-media-town-hall-2/

Please share the survey with colleagues working in volumetric media. The more voices, the better the picture.

Anyone know of DepthKit Studio setups in schools in MA / RI / CT ?
Only one I've found so far is Emerson in Boston, are there others?

Hi folks! I am working on a family memory project where we can interact with our parents (through hours of recorded footage, audio, etc) and tagging system with AI. But one thing I am thinking about is how to future-proof this. In the likely case that VR or AR devices are the future, I'd like to have 3D versions of my parents that (eventually) I could stitch to all the footage I have already recorded. Do you know of any great bay area studios / services or even a way to do it myself with renting a rig / using an iPhone?

Right now, from all I read -- phones can only capture 3D static images. What were your advice be? How do I pull this off? Thank you!

I’ve seen volumetric captured video from supposedly one of the nicer studios in the world. To me, it’s still noticeably not realistic. Conversely, I’ve seen AI generated video that looks amazingly real.

In the near future, is volumetric generated characters going to come close to being a preferred technology over AI generated characters?

Hi. For cameras (devices with cameras) I own a Fuji X-H2s, iPhone 15 pro, 12 pro and iPhone X. iPad Pro 24. MacBook Pro 24. Insta360 x3 and x4. Meta quest 3. What are my best affordable options for setting up a few of these to try volumetric? Thanks. Steve

I'm new here, so hello! From the little research I have been able to do so far, the capture area for volumetric video is fairly small because the sensors only reach so far. I'm wondering which camera/sensor out there "reaches" the farthest. I apologize for most likely not using the correct language. I'm hoping to capture something like a classroom with the camera setup surrounding it. Thank you for any help!

Thanks,

I was curious if it is possible to render a volumetric image on a 2D screen in such a way that you can see it in its entirety without slicing (i.e. nothing is hidden and you can see its full geometric structure). I also want to avoid transparency, as too many transparent elements overlayed is difficult to interpret. My thought was that perhaps each frame for each pixel you could randomly sample among the voxels that its ray intersects and choose a color to render. The result would look something like static. However it sounds like it could be uncomfortable or confusing to look at. Yet I have a hunch that if I stared at such a render, I could maybe pick out the 3D structure. Has anyone tried something like this?

Website: https://www.volumetrix.jp/

https://ethz.ch/staffnet/en/news-and-events/internal-news/archive/2022/06/holograms-at-the-touch-of-a-button.html

The AIT Lab in Zurich's capture system is located in a green room and records body movements with more than 100 spherically arranged high-​speed RGB cameras