AMICam: A Video Processing Software for Combining Real and Virtual Scenes

Abstract

In this paper, we present a brief description of a master thesis done by Agust´ın Salgado in the computer science department of Las Palmas University. The master thesis deals with the problem of inclusion of 3 − D virtual objects in a real video sequence. We do not introduce any new real relevant contribution in the field, we focus our attention in the hole problem and we try to provide a solution for the different tasks we have to deal with. In particular, we study techniques for characteristic point extraction, tracking, multiple camera calibration, synchronization of real and virtual cameras and the rendering of virtual objects in the real video sequence. Finally, we present the experimental results obtained. In particular, we insert some 3 − D virtual objects in a real video sequence and we show the result obtained and the problems we have noticed.