A method and apparatus comprising computer code configured to cause a processor or processors to obtain a mesh sequence comprising a plurality of meshes corresponding to volumetric data of at least one three-dimensional (3D) visual content, obtain a frame of the mesh sequence corresponding to the volumetric data, the frame including a plurality of vertices of a mesh of the mesh sequence, determine a motion field comprising motion vectors of the plurality of vertices of the mesh, and encode the volumetric data based on the motion field.