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WiMAX 202 References 203 7 Quality of Experience 205 7.1 3D Artifacts 205 7.1.1 Fundamentals of 3D Human Visual System 205 7.1.2 Coordinate Transform for Camera and Display System 206 7.1.3 Keystone Distortion 211 7.1.4 Depth-Plane Curvature 212 7.1.5 Shear Distortion 212 7.1.6 Puppet-Theater Effect 213 7.1.7 Cardboard Effect 215 7.1.8 Asymmetries in Stereo Camera Rig 216 7.1.9 Crosstalk 217 7.1.10 Picket-Fence Effect and Lattice Artifacts 217 7.1.11 Hybrid DCT Lossy Compression Artifact 218 7.1.12 Depth Map Bleeding and Depth Ringing 219 7.1.13 Artifacts Introduced by Unreliable Communication Networks 219 7.1.14 Artifacts from New View Synthesis 219 7.1.15 Summary of 3D Artifacts 220 7.2 QoE Measurement 220 7.2.1 Subjective Evaluations 222 7.2.2 2D Image and Video QoE Measurement 226 7.2.3 3D Video HVS Based QoE Measurement 235 7.2.4 Postscript on Quality of Assessment 246 7.3 QoE Oriented System Design 247 7.3.1 Focus Cues and Perceptual Distortions 247 7.3.2 Visual Fatigue 249 References 250 8 3D Video over Networks 259 8.1 Transmission-Induced Error 259 8.2 Error Resilience 267 8.3 Error Concealment 270 8.4 Unequal Error Protection 275 8.5 Multiple Description Coding 279 8.6 Cross-Layer Design 282 References 286 9 3D Applications 289 9.1 Glass-Less Two-View Systems 289 9.1.1 Spatially Multiplexed Systems 290 9.1.2 Temporally Multiplexed Systems 290 9.2 3D Capture and Display Systems 291 9.3 Two-View Gaming Systems 294 9.4 3D Mobile 298 9.4.1 HTC EVO 3D 298 9.4.2 Mobile 3D Perception 299 9.5 Augmented Reality 302 9.5.1 Medical Visualization 304 9.5.2 Mobile Phone Applications 306 References 309 10 Advanced 3D Video Streaming Applications 313 10.1 Rate Control in Adaptive Streaming 313 10.1.1 Fundamentals of Rate Control 313 10.1.2 Two-View Stereo Video Streaming 318 10.1.3 MVC Streaming 318 10.1.4 MVD Streaming 319 10.2 Multi-View Video View Switching 321 10.3 Peer-to-Peer 3D Video Streaming 325 10.4 3D Video Broadcasting 328 10.5 3D Video over 4G Networks 329 References 331 Index 335…”

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