Description
Web cameras enable remote observations that can benefit to various tasks, from online collaboration to safety inspection. Advancement of technology has made another step towards improved accessible observer experience by enabling not only 2D presentation, but also stereoscopic 3D representations through head-mounted virtual reality (VR) displays such as Google cardboard. This opens up space for various novel applications. In our project we aim to build a platform for stereographic remote observations that tend to make the best possible reproduction of the view from the remote location of the camera to observer with a VR display. The platform enables the observer to look in the arbitrary direction by simply moving his head (similar to VR interface). The orientation of the display controls the remote pan-tilt camera into desired direction. Live images from the stereo camera pair are transferred to the client where reconstructed into a 3D virtual representation. In addition to the realistic view reconstruction, the setup will allow us to increase or decrease the interaxial distance between the cameras, allowing us to experiment with hyper and hypo stereoscopy. The implementation of the view reproduction platform includes development of pan-tilt module linked to remote mobile device orientation, and development of module for presentation of live stereo image pair on VR device. Beside the novelty of attempting to build a system with variable interaxial distance between the two cameras, we also want to explore how will humans perceive such scene capture. The platform could be further extended with view enhancement using the principles of augmented or mediated reality.
Primary authors
Dr
Klen Čopič Pucihar
(University of Primorska)
Dr
Peter Rogelj
(University of Primorska)
