System and method for displaying distant 3-D stereo on a dome surface
First Claim
1. A method of generating a stereoscopic pair of images for use in forming a 3-D image of an object at a desired perceived position in a scene, said method comprising:
- moving the object to a left offset position in a scene, the left offset position being located to the left of the desired perceived position in the scene, as viewed from a camera in a left camera position;
capturing a left camera view image of the object in the left offset position using the camera in the left camera position;
moving the object to a right offset position in a scene, the right offset position being located to the right of the desired perceived position in the scene, as viewed from a camera in a right camera position;
capturing a right camera view image of the object in the right offset position using the camera in the right camera position; and
preparing the left camera view image with the object in the left offset position and the right camera view image with the object in the right offset position for stereoscopic display of the scene on a concave surface that at least partially surrounds an audience and on which the object appears to be in positive parallax due to the left offset position of the object in the left camera image and the right offset position of the object in the right camera image.
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Abstract
A system and method of capturing a stereoscopic pair of images for use in forming a 3-D image of an object at a desired perceived position in a scene projected onto a dome surface. The first one of the stereoscopic pair of images is captured when the object is offset to the right of the desired perceived position in the scene. The second one of the stereoscopic pair of images is captured when the object is offset to the left of the desired perceived position in the scene. In this manner, positive parallax can be captured in front of a viewer, upward in an arc through the zenith of the dome, and beyond to the back of the dome. The system and method allows scenes projected onto a dome surface to contain positive parallax, and therefore allows objects to appear to be located beyond the dome surface.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of generating a stereoscopic pair of images for use in forming a 3-D image of an object at a desired perceived position in a scene, said method comprising:
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moving the object to a left offset position in a scene, the left offset position being located to the left of the desired perceived position in the scene, as viewed from a camera in a left camera position; capturing a left camera view image of the object in the left offset position using the camera in the left camera position; moving the object to a right offset position in a scene, the right offset position being located to the right of the desired perceived position in the scene, as viewed from a camera in a right camera position; capturing a right camera view image of the object in the right offset position using the camera in the right camera position; and preparing the left camera view image with the object in the left offset position and the right camera view image with the object in the right offset position for stereoscopic display of the scene on a concave surface that at least partially surrounds an audience and on which the object appears to be in positive parallax due to the left offset position of the object in the left camera image and the right offset position of the object in the right camera image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method of generating a stereoscopic pair of images for use in forming a 3-D image, said method comprising:
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creating a virtual environment using a computer; determining a desired interocular distance between a left camera position and a right camera position in the virtual environment; determining an offset distance for an object in the virtual environment from a desired perceived position to produce a desired positive parallax; positioning a virtual camera at the left camera position at a left camera heading in the virtual environment; placing the object at a left offset position in the virtual environment at the offset distance from the left of the desired perceived position in the virtual environment; capturing a left camera view image of the object at the left offset position using the virtual camera at the left camera position; positioning a virtual camera at the right camera position at a right camera heading in the virtual environment, wherein the left camera heading and the right camera heading are parallel; placing the object at a right offset position in the virtual environment at the offset distance from the right of the desired perceived position in the virtual environment; capturing a right camera view image of the object at the right offset position using the virtual camera at the right camera position; and preparing the left camera view image and the right camera view image for stereoscopic display on a concave surface to a viewer at least partially surrounded by the concave surface. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A system for generating a stereoscopic pair of images for use in forming a 3-D image, said system comprising:
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a processor; a memory coupled to the processor, said memory comprising instructions that when executed by the processor, cause the processor to perform the operations of;
place an object at a left offset position in a scene spaced apart from a desired perceived position in the scene by an offset distance, capture a left camera view image of the object in the left offset position using a camera in a left camera position and pointed along a left camera heading, place the object at a right offset position in the scene spaced apart from the desired perceived position in the scene by the offset distance, capture a right camera view image of the object in the right offset position using a camera in a right camera position and pointed in a right camera heading, wherein the left camera heading and the right camera heading are parallel, and store the left camera view image of the scene including the object in the left offset position in a left camera view image file and store the right camera view image of the scene including the object in the right offset position in a right camera view image file. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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