This paper presents a novel method for virtual view generation that allows viewers to y through in a real soccer scene. A soccer match is captured by multiple cameras at a stadium and images of arbitrary viewpoints are synthesized by view-interpolation of two real camera images near the given viewpoint. In the proposed method, cameras do not need to be strongly calibrated, but epipolar geometry...

Virtual view synthesis is essential for 3D teleconference systems like VIRTUE, which utilizes the motion parallax cue. In this paper we propose a multi-step view synthesis algorithm to efficiently reconstruct an arbitrary view in real time and utilize all the information we have from stereo cameras. We show that the newly proposed algorithm can be used to reconstruct a high quality view from an...

This work describes a method for synthesizing correct virtual images of a real scene, described by a set of uncalibrated reference images. The approach used is rendering a projective 3-D model. Projective model reconstruction and positioning a projective virtual camera are not addressed. First, the algorithm transfers the vertices of triangles in the triangulated model and then warps interiors ...

This paper presents a generic framework for novel view synthesis from two uncalibrated reference views that allows to move a virtual camera along a curve that is obtained starting from the epipolar geometry of the reference views. The scene is described by its relative affine structure from which novel views are extrapolated and interpolated. The main contribution of this paper is an automatic ...

Non-central (X-slits) images can be used in image based rendering (IBR) for new view synthesis for a viewer moving in a restricted region. Novel, i.e. previously unseen, views are rendered from virtual camera positions from a set of images captured at some predefined camera positions. The novel views correspond to camera positions not contained in the input image set. For instance, the input se...

Among the new data processing services and applications, virtual navigation in a real 3D world takes more and more importance and requires specific research. With regard to the reactions of the most important part of net surfers for example, we think that for a user of an interactive immersive tool, it is absolutely necessary to obtain a real time rendering of the virtual world, as natural and ...

This survey paper discusses the 3D image processing challenges posed by present and future immersive telecommunications, especially immersive video conferencing and television. We introduce the concepts of presence, immersion and co-presence, and discuss their relation with virtual collaborative environments in the context of communications. Several examples are used to illustrate the current s...

This paper presents a method to continuously adjust the parallax in 3D-TV visualization. It is based on a generic framework for novel view synthesis from two uncalibrated reference views that allows to move a virtual camera along a path that is obtained starting from the epipolar geometry of the reference views. The scene is described by its relative affine structure from which novel views are ...

This paper presents a view synthesis algorithm to generate intermediate views that allows moving a virtual camera along a 1-D path. Instead of relying on accurate depth maps, the proposed method uses a disparity map that provides a dense pixel correspondence. The algorithm is able to generate images of complex real scenes that are ready to be displayed on an autostereoscopic device. Experiments...