SMPTE Forming ‘Study Group’ to Probe VR Content, Distribution Standards
There’s now “enough momentum” in the content industry behind virtual and augmented reality that SMPTE soon will form a “study group” to look at needed standards, Howard Lukk, director-engineering and standards, told a Thursday webinar. “A proposal has been submitted”…
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to start the group, “in review right now,” and that “should complete maybe by the end of next week,” said Lukk. “We should have a project up and running” by Thanksgiving, he said. “We don’t have a date for the first meeting, but it’s going to be looking at VR and AR specifically” from content production to “distribution master,” he said. “We’re not diving into consumer technology or headset and display technologies,” though “of course, we’ll review those things,” he said. The study group will determine whether there are existing standards that can be applied to VR and AR, or “are there standards that are missing,” he said. The study group will release a report of findings, he said. Its formal launch is "coming up shortly," he said. "Stay tuned. I think we’ll probably have an announcement once that project gets up and rolling.”