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In co-ordination with the other MPEG-4 substructures, the “Ad Hoc Group∝ on SNHC (Synthetic/Natural Hybrid Coding) is active since July 1995 on the specific mandate of standardizing A/V objects as an integrated combination of audio, video, and 2D/3D computer graphics for content-based manipulation and mixed-media applications. In this framework, the European ACTS project VIDAS is playing a central role in the area of facial animation and provides critical contributions through a serious commitment. To facilitate the SNHC standardization process and to solicit further participation by European companies and projects, VIDAS has organized a workshop on these themes, offered as a special event within ECMAST-97, consisting of twelve presentations whose content is summarized in Section 2.
The VIDAS consortium, coordinated by DIST-University of Genova, is currently working under a ACTS contract funded by the European Union toward advanced videophone coding based on speech-assisted video processing.
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Lavagetto, F. (1997). VIDAS workshop on Synthetic Natural Hybrid Coding. In: Fdida, S., Morganti, M. (eds) Multimedia Applications, Services and Techniques — ECMAST '97. ECMAST 1997. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1242. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0037389
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