Unstructured lumigraph rendering
Published 1 August 2001Open access
Chris Buehler, Michael Bosse, Leonard McMillan, Steven J. Gortler, Michael Cohen
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An image based rendering approach that generalizes many current imagebased rendering algorithms, including light field rendering and view-dependent texture mapping, that allows for lumigraph-style rendering from a set of input cameras in arbitrary configurations.
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We describe an image based rendering approach that generalizes many current image based rendering algorithms, including light field rendering and view-dependent texture mapping. In particular, it allows for lumigraph-style rendering from a set of input cameras in arbitrary configurations (i.e., not restricted to a plane or to any specific manifold). In the case of regular and planar input camera positions, our algorithm reduces to a typical lumigraph approach. When presented with fewer cameras and good approximate geometry, our algorithm behaves like view-dependent texture mapping. The algorithm achieves this flexibility because it is designed to meet a set of specific goals that we describe. We demonstrate this flexibility with a variety of examples.
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