Video-based Rendering

by Magnor; Marcus A.

• ISBN13: 9781568812441
• ISBN10: 1568812442
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2005-08-08
• Publisher: A. K. Peters

Summary

This book offers an in-depth introduction to video- based rendering (VBR), a rapidly developing interdisciplinary topic employing techniques from computer graphics, computer vision, and telecommunications engineering. Providing an overview of the state-of-the-art of video- based rendering and details of fundamental VBR algorithms, the author discusses the advantages, the potential, as well as the limitations of various VBR techniques in the context of different application scenarios.

Author Biography

Marcus Magnor is head of the Independent Research Group Graphics-Optics-Vision at the Max-Planck-Institut for Informatik in Saarbruecken, Germany. He received his B.A. in Physics from the University of Wurzburg, Germany, an M.S. in Physics from the University of New Mexico, and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Erlangen, Germany. He did post-doctoral research at Stanford University's Computer Graphics Laboratory.

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
Preface	xi
Introduction	1	(4)
Prerequisite Techniques	5	(56)
Acquisition	5	(23)
Geometry Reconstruction from Multiple Views	28	(8)
Image-Based Rendering	36	(18)
Rendering on Graphics Hardware	54	(7)
Dynamic Light Fields	61	(28)
3D TV	62	(5)
Dynamic Light-Field Warping	67	(17)
Generalized Lumigraphs	84	(5)
Visual- and Photo-Hull Rendering	89	(36)
Volumetric Visual Hulls	89	(6)
Polyhedral Visual Hulls	95	(7)
Image-Based Visual-Hull Rendering	102	(5)
Visual-Hull Rendering on Graphics Hardware	107	(8)
Photo-Hull Rendering on Graphics Hardware	115	(10)
Utilizing Temporal Coherence	125	(20)
Spatiotemporal View Interpolation	125	(6)
Spacetime-Coherent Reconstruction	131	(14)
Model-Based Analysis and Synthesis	145	(16)
Free-Viewpoint Video	146	(15)
Outlook	161	(4)
A Definition of Terms	165	(2)
B Algorithm Overview	167	(4)
Bibliography	171	(24)
Index	195