Rendering with inverse concentric mosaics
Yu Zhao · Journal of Zhejiang University of Technology · 2003
In this paper, we describe an image-based rendering technique called Inverse Concentric Mosaics (ICM) which is based on Concentric Mosaics (CM) . While CMs allow scenes to be viewed from inside out, ICM permits the user to visualize objects from outside in. ICM has the following advantages: The viewpoints of objects can be changed in a continuous manner and at interactive speeds. The photometric effects, if any, can be captured (enabling photorealism), and the image database can be easily acquired and processed. We show examples for synthetic and real objects.