3D Video Quality Assessment

Abstract

Quality is a fundamental concept closely linked to measuring performance in systems, products, and services. Any compression and representation technique in audiovisual signals needs metrics of quality, not only in their design stage but also in demonstrating their superior performance when compared with state of the art. Some believe that the main reason for the failure of previous waves of 3D was the lack of a minimum quality requirement in 3D. It is important, therefore, to consider mechanisms of 3D vision in humans, and their underlying perceptual models, in conjunction with the types of distortions that today and tomorrow 3D video processing systems produce. In this chapter we examine some parts of this complex puzzle by mainly focusing on the important issue of how to measure 3D visual quality, as an essential factor in the success of 3D technologies, products, and services. © 2013 by John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.