Video Phototourism Scott Rick CS 534 5/5/2011
The motivation for my project comes from an idea while using PhotoCity and Microsoft’s Photosynth.
The big idea: Since tourists already take videos of landmarks, couldn’t we use these videos to improve photo tourism?
Method Video Stills Video Audio
Method Videos Stills Supplementary Photos
Advantages Drawbacks More source images Uses existing hardware Quality Individual photos are slow Taking videos is faster Videos have 30 fps Uses existing hardware Point and shoot cameras normally take videos Quality Lower Resolution Motion Blur Few vantage points Better suited to panoramas
Video input has interesting related applications PhotoCity Game Panoramas from videos “3D points = game points!” Video stills = more pictures = more 3D points = more game points Arcsoft Panorama Maker Pro Video to Panorama iPhone app
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