Biological-Aware Stereoscopic Rendering in Free Viewpoint Technology using GPU Computing

Abstract

In this paper we present a biological-aware stereoscopic renderer that is used in a video communication system, to convincingly provide the participants with synthetic 3D perception. As opposed to conventional 3D systems - where pre-recorded content is presented to the viewer without taking his or her viewing location into account - we adaptively exploit both monocular and binocula cues of the human vision system, based on the viewing location. By using a GPU-based control loop, we are able to provide real-time synthetic 3D perception that is experienced as being rich and natural, without losing any visual comfort whatsoever.