Bernhard Reitinger, Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology, Austria. e-mail: reitinger@tugraz.at
Dieter Schmalstieg, Institute for Computer Graphics and Vision, Graz University of Technology, Austria
This paper presents a first prototype of an interactive 3D reconstruction system for modeling urban scenes. An Augmented Reality scout is a person who is equipped with an ultra-mobile PC, an attached USB camera and a GPS receiver. The scout is exploring the urban environment and delivers a sequence of 2D images. These images are annotated with according GPS data and used iteratively as input for a 3D reconstruction engine which generates the 3D models on-the-fly. This turns modeling into an interactive and collaborative task.
Citation:
Bernhard Reitinger, Christopher Zach, Dieter Schmalstieg, "Augmented Reality Scouting for Interactive 3D Reconstruction," vr, pp.219-222, 2007 IEEE Virtual Reality Conference, 2007