Title :
Video synthesis made simple with the X-slits projection
Author :
Feldman, Doron ; Zomet, Assaf ; Peleg, Shmuel ; Weinshall, Daphna
Author_Institution :
Sch. of Comput. Sci. & Eng., Hebrew Univ., Jerusalem, Israel
Abstract :
We propose novel algorithms for image based rendering (IBR) by simulating a new family of scene-to-image projections, the crossed-slits (X-slits) projections. New X-slits images can be easily generated from a sequence of images captured by a translating pinhole camera, and those images look compelling and realistic. We show how this can be used for rendering movies of virtual walkthroughs by a very fast and simple mosaicing algorithm, providing a strong 3D sensation of parallax and occlusions, as well as specularity and transparency.
Keywords :
image segmentation; image sequences; rendering (computer graphics); video signal processing; virtual reality; crossed-slits projections; image based rendering; image sequence; mosaicing algorithm; occlusions; parallax; scene-to-image projections; specularity; translating pinhole camera; transparency; video synthesis; virtual walkthroughs; Cameras; Computational modeling; Computer science; Computer simulation; Geometry; Image generation; Motion pictures; Rendering (computer graphics); Stacking; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Motion and Video Computing, 2002. Proceedings. Workshop on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1860-5
DOI :
10.1109/MOTION.2002.1182234