Towards display-independent light-field formats

The absence of comprehensive and display-independent light- field formats hinders the interchange of light-field content between the capture and display sides of systems, and limits the prevalence as well as the market potential of light-field displays. In this paper, in order to address this issue, we review the shortcomings of the few existing and published formats, and present our considerations regarding expected typical use cases and research directions towards the goal of display-independent light-file formats. As a major contribution of this paper, we propose a novel display-independent light-field file format.