AOMedia Partners with AOUSD to Pioneer Volumetric Visual Media Standards
The liaison agreement between the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) and the Alliance for OpenUSD (AOUSD) paves the way for advanced coding and streaming techniques to enhance the OpenUSD ecosystem (read the full announcement). This partnership enables the exchange of technical knowledge and collaboration between their working groups to jointly advance technologies for Volumetric Visual Media (VVM). AOMedia’s VVM Working Group is dedicated to developing and standardizing innovative solutions to optimize the storage, delivery, and quality of VVM data. By combining AOMedia’s multimedia expertise with AOUSD’s foundational OpenUSD specifications, this collaboration seeks to shape the future of immersive digital experiences.
Volumetric Visual Media is an emerging 3D immersive technology that captures and represents objects or environments with depth and volume. This allows users to interact with digital content from multiple perspectives, creating a more lifelike, holographic experience. VVM is central to applications in augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), and mixed reality (MR), driving innovation across sectors such as gaming, filmmaking, animation, manufacturing, and cultural heritage. As demand grows for hyper-realistic and interactive experiences, VVM is poised to redefine the digital landscape.
The partnership between AOMedia and AOUSD will focus on the integration of coding and streaming technologies for VVM within the OpenUSD ecosystem. Through active collaboration between AOMedia's VVM Working Group and AOUSD's Core Spec Working Group, this liaison will help advance compression and delivery solutions to ensure seamless and efficient streaming of volumetric content.
By combining the expertise of AOMedia in open multimedia standards with AOUSD's capabilities in OpenUSD, this partnership strives to address the challenges of efficient VVM delivery, making interactive 3D content more accessible and optimized for a range of applications. This liaison reflects a shared commitment to open standards, enabling the broader industry to innovate without boundaries.