- Are you or have you been an MPEG member?
I joined MPEG at the second meeting, when there were 14 people at the Jet hotel outside Torino airport. - What do you think makes MPEG special?
MPEG found a hole in the standardization universe: multimedia, which barely existed as a term at the time. That included entertainment, interactivity, and connectivity. Existing standards fell into well-worn pigeonholes such as videoconferencing. - What do you think is the most important MPEG impact?
We created a standard that was universal around the world. This served to unify visual communications in ways that prior analog systems failed at. - Do you think MPEG is a good conduit for research?
MPEG is not about research. It is about consensus on what a good system can be. It can spawn some research, but both are important. - Can you comment on your MPEG experience?
We called it the MPEG World Tour. This globalism was critical and it exposed engineers from literally everywhere to a common theme. I enjoyed many of the arguments over the future of video. - Are you satisfied with MPEG standards?
MPEG-1 and -2 had relatively specific target applications that gathered development mass. In my opinion, that also limited them at the cost of streaming and interactivity. Later improvements, when software took over allowed corrections. - Do you think MPEG standards are the right choice?
I have not done a comparative analysis. However, I fear that burdensome IP problems can always stand in the way of almost any innovation. - What do you expect from MPEG in the future?
MPEG has become a brand. It can do anything and call it MPEG. How about light field coding?
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