Share-Z: client/server depth sensing system for see-through head mounted displays - implementation on a personal computer

摘要

In Mixed Reality, occlusions are important to realize a natural fusion between the real and virtual worlds. In order to do this, it is necessary to acquire the dense depth information of the real world from the observer's viewing position. We propose a client/server depth sensing scheme. A server sensor located at a fixed position in the real world acquires the 3D information of the world. A client sensor attached to each observer produces the depth map from his/her viewing position using the information supplied from the server. In this paper, the concept of our scheme and an implementation of experimental system on a personal computer are described.