InterDigital, Technical University of Munich, and Interhaptics Technologies Tapped for New MPEG Haptics Standard
January 04 2022 - 4:00AM
InterDigital, Inc. (NASDAQ: IDCC), Interhaptics, a software company
specializing in haptics, and the Technical University of Munich
(TUM) have been tapped to contribute their technologies to a new
industry standard around haptics. The International Organization
for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission
(ISO/IEC) MPEG group selected the technologies for an emerging
standard around haptic data representation and coding.
Specifically, Interhaptics’ encoding architecture was selected for
quality perceptual performances, TUM’s wavelet coding technology
was selected for its support of encoding haptics for high frequency
bands, and InterDigital’s integration layer and user body coding
were selected for their compatibility with existing and
emerging multimedia standards and support for future evolutions of
immersive media.
The selection of these technologies represents a critical step
in developing the industry standards that will shape the emerging
haptics market. In June 2021, MPEG issued the first Call for
Proposal around haptics to identify the reference architecture
around which the future haptics standards should be developed, and
on which future technologies will be based. The array of submitted
encoding proposals were evaluated by a pool of unbiased experts,
who later synthesized the most promising characteristics of
each proposal to shape the final standard.
MPEG’s first standard around haptics draws heavily from
proposals from InterDigital, TUM, and Interhaptics. TUM contributed
a wavelet coding technology for encoding high frequency bands, and
Interhaptics’ proposal exhibited superior compression and encoding
technologies to enable haptics signals to be stored and delivered.
InterDigital’s dual contribution provides the compatibility layer
allowing haptic effects to be integrated and represented, within 2D
and 3D multimedia frameworks, as well as the coding techniques to
support future immersive and interactive applications.
“We are honored to contribute InterDigital’s
integration layer technology to serve as the basis for critical
industry standards in this exciting field of haptics,” said
Philippe Guillotel, Director, InterDigital. “In multimedia,
standards are the common language our industry uses to communicate,
and encoding standards are the core around which our value chain is
modeled. We recognize the true impact and responsibility of this
MPEG selection.”
"The haptics market is missing today a vibrant community of
creators designing memorable experiences for the end-user. This is
the mission of Interhaptics," says Eric Vezzoli, Interhaptics CEO.
"The MPEG haptics encoding standards are a stepping stone towards
this goal. We are happy to collaborate with InterDigital and TUM to
unlock the value of Haptics for the whole ecosystem."
“We are thrilled to contribute to the reference model technology
in this very important and new field of haptics” said Andreas Noll
of TUM. “Through the integration of technologies from the three
proponents, we are able to deliver performance and flexibility for
a wide variety of use cases. The developed architecture is well
capable of evolving into a solid standard, and the combination of
coding methods from InterHaptics and TUM promises to deliver the
best of both approaches.”
Looking ahead, InterDigital, TUM, and Interhaptics plan to
collaborate within the MPEG framework to update and integrate the
newly developed reference model within haptics standardization
efforts. The three parties have committed to work together to
improve the reference model and finalize specifications around
haptics throughout 2022.
About InterDigital ®
InterDigital develops mobile and video technologies that are at
the core of devices, networks, and services worldwide. We solve
many of the industry’s most critical and complex technical
challenges, inventing solutions for more efficient broadband
networks, better video delivery, and richer multimedia experiences
years ahead of market deployment. InterDigital has licenses and
strategic relationships with many of the world’s leading technology
companies. Founded in 1972, InterDigital is listed on NASDAQ.
InterDigital is a registered trademark of InterDigital, Inc.
For more information, visit: www.InterDigital.com
About Interhaptics
Interhaptics is a software company specialized in haptics.
Interhaptics provides hand interactions and haptic feedback
development and deployment tools for the metaverse, mobile and
console applications. Interhaptics’ mission is to enable the growth
of a scalable haptics ecosystem through haptics standardization,
cross technology and cross platform deployment.
For more information, visit www.Interhaptics.com
About TUM
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) is one of Europe’s
leading research universities, with more than 600 professors,
48,000 students, and 11,000 academic and non-academic staff. Its
focus areas are the engineering sciences, natural sciences, life
sciences and medicine, combined with economic and social sciences.
TUM acts as an entrepreneurial university that promotes talents and
creates value for society. In that it profits from having strong
partners in science and industry. It is represented worldwide with
the TUM Asia campus in Singapore as well as offices in Beijing,
Brussels, Mumbai, San Francisco, and São Paulo. Nobel Prize winners
and inventors such as Rudolf Diesel, Carl von Linde, and Rudolf
Mößbauer have done research at TUM. In 2006, 2012, and 2019 it won
recognition as a German "Excellence University." In international
rankings, TUM regularly places among the best universities in
Germany.
InterDigital Contact:Roya
StephensEmail: Roya.Stephens@interdigital.com+1 (202)
349-1714
Interhaptics Contact:Dr. Eric
VezzoliEmail: ev@interhaptics.com
TUM Contact:Andreas NollEmail:
andreas.noll@tum.de
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