Construction of a haptic-enabled broadcasting system based on the MPEG-V standard

With rapid developments in communications technology and digital multimedia, there has been increasing demand in recent years for realistic broadcasting technology beyond conventional audio-visual media. In response to this demand, this paper presents an example of the construction of a haptic-enabled broadcasting system based on the MPEG-V standard that was established recently. The construction processes of the proposed haptic-enabled broadcasting system include various types of media acquisition, haptic content creation by modeling and authoring, transmission, rendering, and interaction. This paper illustrates the data flow within the system, from the creation of haptic contents to the rendering of these contents to the end user, and explains a method of building the system with the MPEG-V standard. The constructed haptic-enabled broadcasting system allows users to have more immersive interaction with the synthesized haptic multimedia, which is closely synchronized with audio-visual data. & 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.