On using real-time cartography in immersive cinema: The example of the partnership between ILOI and XD Productions

摘要

The third dimension, which photogrammetry has brought to cartography, was first put to use by the army. By the 1990s, this technology was drawing the attention of private research. Since computer-generated images still had limited artistic and economic credibility, photogrammetry became a field of study for developing video games, cartoons, movies, etc. In this context, XD Productions, already busy with software for motion capture in 3D, oriented its research toward volumetric video and devised algorithms of real-time photogrammetry. It designed a studio capable of automatically building 3D models of movements in real time. To produce a first full-length film for demonstrating its innovation, XD Productions turned toward the Image Institute of the Indian Ocean (ILOI), which, as early as 1995, had started focusing on training and education in computer graphics as a tool for the development of the island of La Réunion.