Multimedia and education
Tyson DeShaun McMillan · Cumulative Index of Computer Aided Architectural Design · 1990
Image-based rendering is a powerful new approach for generating real-time photorealistic computer graphics - lt can provide convincing animations without any cxplicit geomeric representation. We, use the P lenoptic functionf of Adelson and Bergen to provide a concise problem statement for Image-based rendering paradigms. such as morphing and view interpolation.The Plenoptic function is a parameterized function for describing everything that is visible from a given point in space. We present an image-based rendering system based on sampling, reconstructing, and resampling the, Plenoptic function. ln addition we introduce a novel visible surface algorithm and a geometric invariant for cylindrical projections that is equivalent to the epipolar constraint defined for planar projections.