AN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM BASED ON LIGHT FIELDS

A. Quintana, R. Quirós, I. Remolar, E. Camahort

2012

Abstract

The development of augmented reality systems that combine virtual elements with the real world is currently increasing. This paper presents an augmented reality system that renders the virtual elements from models based on the light fields. The use of these models allow us to obtain higher level of photorealism than representations that render polygons. Using light fields also allows us to keep constant the rendering time. The presented system has been implemented using the Open Source library ARToolKit and a spherical model of the light field based on the direction-and-point parameterization (DPP) with some associated depth information. The system has been validated using different light fields, and it has been compared its performance with a classic version of the ARToolKit library based on VRML files. The presented augmented reality system can be applied to the visual inspection of synthetic objects of great complexity or based on real images.

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Quintana A., Quirós R., Remolar I. and Camahort E. (2012). AN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM BASED ON LIGHT FIELDS . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012) ISBN 978-989-8565-02-0, pages 453-459. DOI: 10.5220/0003852204530459


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@conference{grapp12,
author={A. Quintana and R. Quirós and I. Remolar and E. Camahort},
title={AN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM BASED ON LIGHT FIELDS},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={453-459},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003852204530459},
isbn={978-989-8565-02-0},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications and International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications - Volume 1: GRAPP, (VISIGRAPP 2012)
TI - AN AUGMENTED REALITY SYSTEM BASED ON LIGHT FIELDS
SN - 978-989-8565-02-0
AU - Quintana A.
AU - Quirós R.
AU - Remolar I.
AU - Camahort E.
PY - 2012
SP - 453
EP - 459
DO - 10.5220/0003852204530459