Surround video: a multihead camera approach
Frank Nielsen
In The Visual Computer, 21(1-2), 2005.
Abstract: We describe algorithms for creating, storing and viewing high-resolution immersive surround videos. Given a set of unit cameras designed to be almost aligned at a common nodal point, we first present a versatile process for stitching seamlessly synchronized streams of videos into a single surround video corresponding to the video of the multihead camera. We devise a general registration process onto raymaps based on minimizing a tailored objective function. We review and introduce new raymaps with good sampling properties. We then give implementation details on the surround video viewer and present experimental results on both real-world acquired and computer-graphics rendered full surround videos. We conclude by mentioning potential applications and discuss ongoing related activities.
Keyword(s): Virtual reality, stitching, environment mapping
@article{Nielsen:2005:SVA,
author = {Frank Nielsen},
title = {Surround video: a multihead camera approach},
journal = {The Visual Computer},
volume = {21},
number = {1-2},
pages = {92--103},
year = {2005},
}
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