Mobile 3D Video Using MVC and N800 Internet Tablet

The recent advances in capture, display and content representation technologies allow 3D video services to come to reality. In this paper, we present a prototype device that implements the emerging MVC standard on a portable device and achieves real-time 3D video operation. The developed prototype is based on Nokia N800 Internet Tablet and it is able to decode and display stereoscopic video simultaneously. To achieve this, an H.264/AVC decoder is first ported on the N800 environment with various optimizations and architectural changes, so that real-time decoding operation of two views is possible. The decoded pictures from different views are then interleaved and rendered on a screen with a parallax barrier. This way, the user is able to enjoy 3D video real-time on a mobile device. It is believed that this implementation is a realistic demonstration of the potential of upcoming mobile 3D video services, such as mobile 3DTV, mobile 3D video conferencing, etc.