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Video Phototourism
SCOTT RICK
CS 534
5/5/2011
The motivation for my project comes
from an idea while using PhotoCity
and Microsoft’s Photosynth.
The big idea:
Since tourists already take videos of landmarks,
couldn’t we use these videos to improve photo
tourism?
Method
Video
Audio
Video Stills
Method
Videos Stills
Supplementary Photos
Advantages
 More source images
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Individual photos are slow
Taking videos is faster
Videos have 30 fps
 Uses existing hardware
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Point and shoot cameras
normally take videos
Drawbacks
 Quality
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Lower Resolution
Motion Blur
 Few vantage points
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Better suited to panoramas
Video input has interesting related applications
PhotoCity Game
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“3D points = game points!”
Video stills = more pictures =
more 3D points = more game
points
Panoramas from videos
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Arcsoft Panorama Maker Pro
Video to Panorama iPhone app
Thanks!