VARIABLE VIEWPOINT REALITY
Paul Viola, and Eric Grimson
MIT Artificial Intelligence Lab
Motivation
The future of Television is Interactive
3D Digital Signal
Sports are recorded from many viewpoints
Only a single view is televised.
Digital Broadcasts allow each viewer to choose his own viewpoint
Economic
There are 10-100 TV cameras at the stadium.
We each wish to view something different
Kenichiro Ishii
NTT
- 10’s of Billions a year
- Over 1 billion viewers
- Added cost is minimal
Digital Data
Provides other Applications
3D Digital Signal
Automatic
Commentary
Statistics
& Penalties
Video
Indexing
Technical
- Programmable, high performance
computers.
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