On the choppy seas of video streaming, the ship is already sailing toward a future beyond Versatile Video Coding (VVC) – the H.266 video codec designed to deliver 40% to 50% better compression efficiency than its predecessor, HEVC (H.265). That said, a recent move by Dolby Laboratories suggests VVC has yet to reach its commercial potential. The company has acquired a portfolio of video compression technology patents from Florida Atlantic University (FAU), developed through a long-running research partnership with OP Solutions (OPS). The portfolio is relatively meaty, with 683 intellectual property assets, including 250 granted patents worldwide and 73 US patents. Though it isn’t size that interests us most. It’s the 16 US patents declared essential to VVC. Notably, VVC…