Tour into the picture revisited

Abstract

TIP (Tour Into the Picture) was introduced by Horry et al. Given only one picture, viewer can tour into the scene as painted on the picture. Based on our implementation of TIP, we noticed a problem: the visual quality drops drastically when the viewpoint tours into scene as painted on the picture. Based on our implemetation of TIP, we noticed a problem: the visual quality drops drastically when the viewpoint tours into the scene. It contradicted the real world experience. We addressed this problem by introducing the use of multiresolution representation of the picture. We have achieved the goal that the visual quality keeps nearly unchanged in the touring. Moreover, we have integrated the 3D models into TIP. By estimating the light sources, we generated shadows into the scene.