Presentation 2002/6/3
A Study for Image-based Unification of Virtual Environments
Tomohiro Tanikawa, Koichi Hirota, Michitaka Hirose,
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Abstract(in English) In this paper, we propose a new approach to building a scalable virtual environment by combining virtual sub-environments. To manage different types of users interaction, datasets, rendering methods, and so forth, we build and handle virtual sub-environments separately. To unify these sub-environments, we propose a use of an environment manager, which determines the users viewpoint of sub-environments according to the user's input, and compose display image from rendered images of them. By using the proposed methodology, we can combine sub-environments seamlessly, and build a virtual environment to manage different types of datasets, users interaction and rendering methods. By unifying sub-environments according to the user's viewpoint, we can construct a universal large-scale environment the user can walk through cities, observe from above the earth, and fly through the solar system.
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Keyword(in English) Virtual Environment / Image-based Rendering / Photo-reality / Environment Manager
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Title (in English) A Study for Image-based Unification of Virtual Environments
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Keyword(1) Virtual Environment
Keyword(2) Image-based Rendering
Keyword(3) Photo-reality
Keyword(4) Environment Manager
1st Author's Name Tomohiro Tanikawa
1st Author's Affiliation MVL Reserach Center, Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan()
2nd Author's Name Koichi Hirota
2nd Author's Affiliation Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
3rd Author's Name Michitaka Hirose
3rd Author's Affiliation Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo
Date 2002/6/3
Paper # MVE2002-10
Volume (vol) vol.102
Number (no) 109
Page pp.pp.-
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