Roadmap

This roadmap communicates direction rather than fixed release commitments. Priorities may change as implementation findings, validation results, and community needs develop.

Now — Build the foundation

Available today. Establish the open, cross-platform path from volumetric encoding through delivery and playback.

• Cross-platform C++ core library
• Volumetric video encoding, streaming, and playback
• Shared-topology geometry compression
• Unity integration for Windows, macOS, and Android
• Unreal Engine 5 integration, tested and validated on Windows and macOS with version 5.8

Next — Make adoption easier

Proposed priorities. Improve the path from discovering OpenVolumetric to integrating it into a working application.

• Expanded developer documentation
• Reference applications
• Publish pre-built packages for supported platforms to simplify installation, subject to resolving third-party redistribution and licensing requirements
• Commission high-quality sample datasets for demonstrations
• Explore additional integration targets, including Blender and Nuke
• More robust integration and debugging tools
• Clearer compatibility and performance guidance

Exploring — Broaden the ecosystem

Longer-term direction. Investigate capabilities that could extend where and how OpenVolumetric can be used.

• Improved compression and delivery efficiency
• Live and real-time encoding workflows
• Wider interoperability with volumetric formats
• Explore C2PA and content provenance
• Integrate a pose track for human-centric content and explore volumetric editing
• Explore web-browser playback and a browser-native integration
• Investigate hybrid mesh and Gaussian-splat representations