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Valid for year : 2008
 
TNM083 Image Based Rendering, 6 ECTS credits.
/Imagebased rendering/

For:   ACG   COM   MT  

 

Prel. scheduled hours: 36
Rec. self-study hours: 124

  Area of Education: Technology

Subject area: Computer Engineering/Media Engineering
  Advancement level (G1, G2, A): A

Aim:
Create knowledge and skills in current computer graphics methods where photographic source material is utilized for the creation of virtual models and for increasing the realism of synthetic images. The learning outcomes from the course will enable the students to:
  • perform image based rendering modelling and lighting calculations
  • capture and render HDR images
  • manipulate HDR images
  • develop image based modeling algorithms
  • implement texture sythesis algorithms
  • differentiate between various models of image based algorithms and techniques
Prerequisites: (valid for students admitted to programmes within which the course is offered)
Computer Graphics, Linear Algebra, Calculus in Several Variables, Programming

Note: Admission requirements for non-programme students usually also include admission requirements for the programme and threshhold requirements for progression within the programme, or corresponding.
Organisation:
The course starts with a series of lectures, providing an overview and presenting the theory in the field. The lecture material is accompanied by a set of laboratory exercises to demonstrate the theory in action. Towards the end of the course there is a more extensive project assignment. At the end of the course a written exam is given.

Course contents:
  • Image based rendering: internal views (panoramic images), interpolation between multiple external views, layered depth images. Mixed techniques for increased dynamics and interactivity.
  • Image based lighting: Light fields, reflection fields. Virtual objects in real lighting, real objects in virtual lighting.
  • Image based modeling: Manual and automated extraction of geometric data from photographic images. Synthesis of textures from photographs. Strategies for interpolation and extrapolation of missing data.


Course literature:
The course is oriented towards current research and development, and the course material will consist mainly of research papers in the field, plus possibly some additional internal material.

Examination:
Written examination
Assignment
Laboratory work
 2 ECTS
3 ECTS
1 ECTS
 
To complete the course, students must have passed the lab exercises, the project assignment and the written exam. Grades are based entirely on the written exam.


Course language is English.
Department offering the course: ITN.
Director of Studies: Kenneth Bjerner
Examiner: Stefan Gustavson
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Last updated: 09/28/2007