“Calibrating a catadioptric light field array” by Wachs, Crispell and Taubin

  • ©Megan A. Wachs, Daniel Crispell, and Gabriel Taubin

  • ©Megan A. Wachs, Daniel Crispell, and Gabriel Taubin

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    Calibrating a catadioptric light field array

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    We present a new method for acquiring data for image-based rendering and 3D reconstruction using an array of spherical mirrors and a single high-resolution perspective camera. The main advantage of this setup is a wider field of view, but designing calibration and reconstruction algorithms is challenging because catadioptric systems with spherical mirrors have non-central viewpoints, and do not behave as perspective cameras. A single image from our perspective camera produces sample rays from a very large number of virtual viewpoints. In this sketch we describe the construction of this system and a new procedure for calibrating it.

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    2. Levoy, M., and Hanrahan, P. 1995. Light-field rendering. In ACM SIGGRAPH.
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    4. Yang, J. 2000. Light fields on the cheap. In ACM SIGGRAPH.


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