Collection of usage scenarios and current statuses of advanced immersive audio-visual (AIAV) systems

Advanced immersive audio-visual (AIAV) systems allow a user to have immersive experiences with an unprecedented degree of presence. By tricking the perceptual systems of the user’s brain, AIAV systems can make the user believe to be somewhere else and/or somebody else. This is achieved by (re)creating audio-visual realities and allowing the user to naturally interact with these virtual environments.

This ITU-R Report is intended to describe a brief technical background and important definitions used for AIAV systems, use cases for broadcasting of AIAV programme material, and other challenges that have emerged through those production trials.