ISO/IEC 23090-19:2023

Overview

ISO/IEC 23090-19:2023 specifies reference software for Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC) as defined in ISO/IEC 23090-5. The standard provides example encoder and decoder implementations and supporting documentation to help developers, researchers and test labs study, implement and validate V-PCC (part of the Visual Volumetric Video-based Coding - V3C - framework). The reference package (DIS_23090-19_VPCC_reference_software.zip) and a user manual (mpeg-pcc-tmc2-sw-manual.pdf inside the archive) are made available through the ISO standards website.

Key topics

• Reference software for V-PCC: Includes encoder and decoder functionality intended as a study and implementation aid for ISO/IEC 23090-5 (V3C/V-PCC).
• Conformance and interoperability: Software is provided to help establish and test conformance to the V-PCC bitstream syntax and behavior and to demonstrate interoperability between implementations.
• Documentation and installation: A reference software manual is included in the archive to guide installation and use.
• Legal and licensing notes: The standard highlights possible patent claims and directs users to ISO/IEC patent declarations and databases. It also contains warranty disclaimers and notes that commercial implementations may be subject to patent licensing or royalties.
• Scope limitations: The reference software is offered as an illustrative and educational resource; use of the reference code is not required to implement the normative text of ISO/IEC 23090-5.

Applications

• Codec developers: Use the reference software as a starting point or validation reference when building production V-PCC encoders/decoders.
• Interoperability testing labs: Validate V-PCC bitstreams, check conformance, and compare decoder behavior across implementations.
• Research and academia: Study V3C/V-PCC algorithms and system behavior with working encoder/decoder examples.
• Content producers and immersive media integrators: Understand expected bitstream formats and decoder behavior when preparing volumetric video and point-cloud content pipelines.
• Standards implementers and product vendors: Use the reference as a technical aid to interpret and apply the normative clauses of ISO/IEC 23090-5.

Related standards

• ISO/IEC 23090-5 - Information technology - Coded representation of immersive media - Part 5: Visual Volumetric Video-based Coding (V3C) and Video-based Point Cloud Compression (V-PCC) (normative reference).
• Other parts of the ISO/IEC 23090 series covering coded representation of immersive media.

Where to get it

Reference software and documentation are available from the ISO website: https://standards.iso.org/iso-iec/23090/-19/ed-1/

Keywords: ISO/IEC 23090-19, V-PCC reference software, V3C, point cloud compression, immersive media, conformance testing, encoder, decoder, ISO reference implementation.