EPSRC Reference: |
EP/D033926/1 |
Title: |
Free-viewpoint Video for Interactive Entertainment Production |
Principal Investigator: |
Hilton, Professor A |
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Department: |
Vision Speech and Signal Proc CVSSP |
Organisation: |
University of Surrey |
Scheme: |
Technology Programme (Pre-FEC) |
Starts: |
01 May 2006 |
Ends: |
30 April 2009 |
Value (£): |
134,237
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EPSRC Research Topic Classifications: |
Image & Vision Computing |
Multimedia |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
The goal of this proposal is to achieve broadcast quality free viewpoint video of outdoor sports events such as football or athletics. This research is a collaboration project lead by BBC R&D, under the DTI Technology Programme, which brings together extensive experience in broadcast production, visual reconstruction, videoanalysis and rendering. The project will deliver and evaluate free-viewpoint video technology for broadcast production of action replays for live sports and demonstrate the potential of this technology for interactive visualisation of sports events on a home platform. The principal scientific and technological objectives for the University of Surrey, to be supported by EPSRC and DTI respectively, are: - To develop algorithms for free-viewpoint video of live sports events with broadcast video quality (EPSRC). - To demonstrate interactive free-viewpoint rendering on a consumer games platform (DTI).Recent research by the investigators has demonstrated for the first time studio-based production of freeviewpoint video of moving people with a visual quality comparable to captured video using multiple widebaseline static cameras. The challenge of the proposed research is to develop robust computer vision and image-based rendering algorithms to enable free-viewpoint rendering in uncontrolled outdoor environments with changing illumination.
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