New coding technology for 3D video with depth maps as proposed for standardization within MPEG

In this paper, we present the original compression technology that was designed and developed at Poznan University of Technology in response to MPEG Call for Proposals on 3D Video Coding Technology. One view is coded in the HEVC syntax while the side views and the depth maps are very efficiently coded exploiting various redundancies that are related to similarities between individual views and depth maps. Even 2 side views and 3 depth maps can be coded at the total bitrate that usually does not exceed 50% of the bitrate needed for a single view.