The poor man's palace
Ramesh Raskar · 2008
What are the potential great challenges and research topics in Interactive Computer Graphics? Today, great advances in photorealistic image synthesis allow us to enjoy special effects but they remain on flat screens in movies and in video games. But in the future, will special effects have some bearing on the daily life of an average person? Can we develop new computer graphics techniques, algorithm as well as capture, interface and display devices that will empower humans every second of their life? We must strive to bring those special effects into the real world. The challenge in bringing those visual effects into the real world is to make the experience aesthetic, seamless and natural. One may classify this problem as a futuristic "Augmented Reality" and the VR and AR community has made big strides in solving the pieces of the puzzle.