DEPTH AUGMENTED STEREO PANORAMA FOR CINEMATIC VIRTUAL REALITY WITH FOCUS CUES

摘要

Cinematic virtual reality (VR) aims to provide immersive visual experiences of real-world scenes on head-mounted displays. Current cinematic VR systems support stereo cues, but not focus cues that are important for depth perception and comfortable viewing. We propose a new content representation, depth augmented stereo panorama (DASP), which permits generating light fields (LFs) across the observer's pupils, achieving an order of magnitude reduction in data requirements compared to the existing techniques. The LF generation and refocusing capabilities of DASP are evaluated for both, computer-generated and real scenes. Results indicate that DASP can successfully create stereo as well as support focus cues.