publication . Conference object . 2016

Omnidirectional free viewpoint video using panoramic light fields

Name: Omnidirectional free viewpoint video using panoramic light fields
Keywords: Omnidirectional, Free Viewpoint Interpolation, Unity, Oculus, VR, View-dependent Rendering

Patrik Goorts; Steven Maesen; Philippe Bekaert;

Open Access

Published: 25 Aug 2016

Publisher: IEEE

Summary

Abstract

In this paper, we describe a system to create an omnidirectional free viewpoint experience using only a small number of input cameras. The input cameras are placed on a circle and we create a large number of novel virtual viewpoints on that circle. Next, we choose a position within that circle and compute the omnidirectional image that is visible from that position by considering the collection of virtual images as a light field. The corresponding pixels in the virtual images are selected by tracing rays from the desired viewing position. Changing your position inside the circle, results in an adapted view-dependent rendering. This creates a free viewpoint 3D VR...

doi: 10.1109/3dtv.2016.7548960

Subjects

ACM Computing Classification System: ComputingMethodologies_IMAGEPROCESSINGANDCOMPUTERVISION

free text keywords: Omnidirectional, Free Viewpoint Interpolation, Unity, Oculus, VR, View-dependent Rendering, Computer vision, Rendering (computer graphics), Light field, Tracing, Artificial intelligence, business.industry, business, Virtual image, Omnidirectional antenna, Pixel, Computer graphics (images), Image resolution, Game engine, Computer science

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