Given a still picture, tour into the picture (TIP) generates a walk-through animation of a 3D scene constructed from the picture. In this paper, we generalize TIP to deal with water surface reflection while allowing foreground objects to move. We formulate a non-linear optimization problem to find the 3D scene parameters with respect to the camera position, to automatically construct a reasonab...

Ruizhe Wang*, Matthias Hernandez*, Jongmoo Choi, Gérard Medioni Computer Vision Lab, IRIS University of Southern California Abstract In this paper, we address the problem of both face and body modeling using a single fixed low-cost 3D camera (e.g. Kinect). Unlike other scanning technologies which either set up multiple sensors around a static subject or scan the static subject with a hand-held ...

M ost of the perceptual cues we use to visualize 3D structures are available in 2D projections. This is why we can make sense of photographs and images on a television screen, at the cinema, or on a computer monitor. Such cues include occlusion, perspective, familiar size, and atmospheric haze. Four cues are missing from 2D media: stereo parallax—seeing a different image with each eye; movement...

Microtubules control different aspects of cell polarization. In cells with a radial microtubule system, a pivotal role in setting up asymmetry is attributed to the relative positioning of the centrosome and the nucleus. Here, we show that centrosome loss had no effect on the ability of endothelial cells to polarize and move in 2D and 3D environments. In contrast, non-centrosomal microtubules st...

In this paper we describe a pipeline for publishing interactive multimedia content. The Portable Document Format (PDF) offers the possibility to include 3D visualizations, textual representation and interactivity (via scripting technology) in one multimedia container, which will be the upcoming standard for multimedia long-term archiving. Our system demonstrates its potential for surplus value ...

This study outlines considerations of a 3D scanning technology applied in the mask industry in Taiwan. A new way of looking at the industry, i.e. an on-line mask industry, will then be presented that integrates 3D scanning technology, common geometric shape parameters of face or head, customer tailored mask manufacturing, and supply chain management. The safety regulations and/or health care, s...

Defining 3D movements of modular robots is a challenging task, which is usually addressed with computationally expensive algorithms that aim to create self-propelling locomotion. So far only few user interfaces exist which allow a user to naturally interact with a modular robot in real-time. In this paper we present two approaches for baseline research of 3D user interfaces for intuitive manipu...