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On-line visualization of underground structures using context features

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Xavier Granier,

Qunsheng PengAuthors Info & Claims

VRST '10: Proceedings of the 17th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

Pages 167 - 170

https://doi.org/10.1145/1889863.1889898

Published: 22 November 2010 Publication History

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We introduce an on-line framework for the visualizing of underground structures that improves X-Ray vision and Focus and Context Rendering for Augmented Reality. Our approach does not require an accurate reconstruction of the 3D environment and runs on-line on modern hardwares. For these purposes, we extract characteristic features from video frames and create visual cues to reveal occlusion relationships. To enhance the perception of occluding order, the extracted features are either directly rendered, or used to create hybrid blending masks: we thus ensures that the resulting cues are clearly noticeable.

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On-line visualization of underground structures using context features
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Computer graphics
    1. Graphics systems and interfaces
      1. Virtual reality

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VRST '10: Proceedings of the 17th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality Software and Technology

November 2010

244 pages

ISBN:9781450304412

DOI:10.1145/1889863

Conference Chairs:
George Baciu
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
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Rynson Lau
The City University of Hong Kong
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Ming Lin
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Taku Komura
Edinburgh University
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Qunsheng Peng
Zhejiang University

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