| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/R13685/01 |
| Title: |
The Virtual Light Field |
| Principal Investigator: |
Slater, Professor M |
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| Department: |
Computer Science |
| Organisation: |
UCL |
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Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
30 June 2001 |
Ends: |
29 September 2004 |
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361,280
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| Computer Graphics & Visual. |
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| Creative Industries |
Information Technologies |
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The virtual light field (VLF) is an approach to computer graphics that supports constant-time walkthrough of globally illuminated scenes. It is an extension of the light field image-based rendering approach with a number of advantages. VLF computes an approximate solution to the rendering equation without recourse to another rendering system -radiance values are computed within the system itself. It allows arbitrary walkthrough rather than being restricted to a convex hull around the scene. It provides a relatively rapid solution to the global illumination problem. It supports in principle real-time walkthrough for scenes where there is a mix of specular and diffusely reflecting surfaces. The current proposal is to put exploratory work already carried out onto a firm foundation, to carry out research into a new compression based architecture for the VLF, and to explore the problem of dynamic changes within a light field approach.
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