Theory and Practice of "Tour Into the Picture"
Course Abstract:
This course provides in-depth expositions of a new image-based rendering technique called "Tour Into the Picture (TIP)", which was originally presented in the paper session and the Electronic Theater of SIGGRAPH97. This technique gives a unique GUI for making "visually 3D" animation from a single 2D picture or photograph as input. The first half of the course will give practical and detailed guidance on how to use TIP, along with many example animations and real-time demonstrations using a PC. The second half of the course will focus on the theoretical aspects of TIP, which is described in a new framework of cognitive reality.
Speaker Biographies:
Ken-ichi Anjyo is a research scientist and creative director in the Visualware Planning Department of Hitachi, Ltd. He was previously working for Hitachi Research Laboratory, where he pioneered many basic research studies on 3D computer graphics. He received an M.S. in Theoretical Mathematics from Kyushu University in 1980, and a Ph. D in Information Engineering from Nagoya University in 1994. In 1996 he was given the Best Paper Award of the Transactions of Electric Engineering in Japan. His other awards include the Best Paper Award of the Journal of the Institute of Image Electronics Engineers of Japan in 1995 and the Eurographics 89 Award for his technical slide work in 1989. He was a member of the Programme Committee of the Eurographics Workshop on Rendering during 1993-1995. His current research interests include the theoretical foundations of image-based rendering, natural phenomena modeling, character animation and artificial life.
Contact address:
Visualware Planning Dept., Hitachi, Ltd.
4-6 Kanda-Surugadai Chiyoda Tokyo 101 JAPAN
Phone: +81-3-5295-5410
E-mail address: anjyo@acm.org
Youichi Horry is a research scientist at the Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd. From January 1997 to April 1998, he was a visiting researcher with Project SYNTIM, INRIA Roquencourt, France. He received his B.S. and M.S. degrees in Cognitive Science from Kobe University, in 1988 and 1990, respectively. He has been at CRL since 1990. His earlier works centered around computer music, including joint concerts with Hinoharu Matsumoto in Tokyo and New York, from 1992 to 1994. His current research interests include hybrid approaches to 2D and 3D computer graphics and image-based rendering/modeling. Several of his research projects have been incorporated into commercially available multimedia software products.
Contact address:
Central Research Laboratory, Hitachi, Ltd.
1-280 Higashi-Koigakubo Kokubunji Tokyo 185 JAPAN
Phone: +81-42-327-3111
E-mail address: horry@crl.hitachi.co.jp
Course Schedule
2. Making Animation from a Single Image (Horry, 55 min)
- Practical Guidance on TIP
- Real-time Demonstration on PC
- Animation Examples
- Applications
3. Toward Cognitive Reality (Anjyo, 40 min)
- Mathematics and Algorithms in TIP
- From Photoreality to Cognitive Reality
- A New Framework for Realistic Rendering
- Characterization and Extension of TIP
4. Summary, Q & A (Anjyo, Horry, 10 min)
- Concluding Remarks and Future Directions
- Questions and Answers
Table of Contents
1. Introduction
2. Making Animation from a Single Image
2.1 Practical Guidance on TIP
2.2 Making of Animations
2.3 Animation Examples
2.4 Applications
3. Theoretical Foundation
3.1 Backgrounds
3.2 From Photoreality to Cognitive Reality
4. Conclusions
5. Acknowledgments
6. References