An interactive camera placement and visibility simulator for image-based VR applications

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6055, Issue , 2006, Pages

  State, Andrei ^a,b   Welch, Greg ^a   Ilie, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b InnerOptic Technology Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Camera placement; Computer vision; Coverage; Geometry; Interactive simulation; Occlusion; Reconstruction; Surveillance; Visibility

Indexed keywords

CAMERA PLACEMENT; COVERAGE; INTERACTIVE SIMULATION; OCCLUSION; RECONSTRUCTION; SURVEILLANCE; VISIBILITY;

COMPUTER VISION; GEOMETRY; IMAGE RECONSTRUCTION; IMAGING SYSTEMS; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER SYSTEMS; VIRTUAL REALITY;

CAMERAS;

EID: 33645502374     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.660341     Document Type: Conference Paper

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