Outside of MPEG controversy and patent pool speculation, video compression company V-Nova was at NAB 2025 pushing new frontiers in both XR (Extended Reality) and TV broadcast. The highlight was a demo of Sharkarma, an underwater experience produced using PresenZ’s prerendering of six degrees of freedom (6DoF) images from a standard animation pipeline. The debut demo was impressive—at least until the vertigo kicked in—with 20 Mbps streams showing that wireless delivery of any demo at a trade show, without hiccups, is worth shouting about. We are told that pixel streaming, which allows users to interact in-browser with an Unreal Engine 3D application, is on the horizon for V-Nova. V-Nova Studios’ demo showcases some of the most demanding scenes and highest-quality…