View interpolation for image synthesis

Tour Into the Picture using a Vanishing Line and its Extension to Panoramic Images

“…That is, continuous camera translation is not supported in this approach. To avoid this problem, a warp function is employed to establish the relative movement of each pixel with respect to camera movement 5,6,7,8 . In general, a reliable warp function is hard to obtain automatically for a real environment whose exact geometry is not available.…”

On-the-Fly Processing of Generalized Lumigraphs

“…The depth value defines a correspondence between the pixel and a point in 3-D space. This is exploited by the so-called image reprojection 4,18,17 , also referred to as 3-D image warping. One basic problem of reprojection is the change in sampling density between the reference image and the desired view.…”

Automatic Camera Placement for Image‐Based Modeling

“…Image-based modeling and rendering (IBMR) is a new paradigm in computer graphics, which has gained considerable popularity and has been the subject of much recent research in the field. In this paradigm, a 3D scene is modeled as a collection of reference images, rather than a set of conventional geometric primitives 2,13 . Novel views of a scene can then be synthesized from this collection of images using a variety of interpolation and re-projection techniques 2,6,11,13,18 .…”

“…In this paradigm, a 3D scene is modeled as a collection of reference images, rather than a set of conventional geometric primitives 2,13 . Novel views of a scene can then be synthesized from this collection of images using a variety of interpolation and re-projection techniques 2,6,11,13,18 . IBMR possesses several important advantages over traditional modeling and rendering: (i) the images can be of real world scenes, thus making the task of modeling such scenes much easier; (ii) image-based rendering algorithms are typically inexpensive and can be carried out on general purpose computers; (iii) the rendering time is typically independent of the geometrical and physical complexity of the scene being rendered.…”

“…IBMR possesses several important advantages over traditional modeling and rendering: (i) the images can be of real world scenes, thus making the task of modeling such scenes much easier; (ii) image-based rendering algorithms are typically inexpensive and can be carried out on general purpose computers; (iii) the rendering time is typically independent of the geometrical and physical complexity of the scene being rendered. These last two properties make IBMR extremely useful for rapid rendering of complex synthetic 3D scenes 2,11,12,15,16,17 .…”