Chen, Ding-YunDing-YunChenHo, Murphy Chien-ChangMurphy Chien-ChangHoMING OUHYOUNG2009-05-062018-07-052009-05-062018-07-05199803029743http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw//handle/246246/155198https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-78650556118&doi=10.1007%2f3-540-49384-0_11&partnerID=40&md5=36819124caf9d70b0c1b469a0f2f01b6An authoring system is proposed to construct panoramic images of real-world scenes from video clips automatically. Instead of using special hardware such as fish-eye lens, our method is less hardware-intensive and more flexible to capture real-world scenes without loss of efficiency. Unlike current panoramic stitching methods, where users need to select a set of images before constructing a panoramic image, our system will choose essential frames and stitch them together automatically in 16 seconds on a Pentium-II PC. In addition to popular image-based VR data formats, we also output the panoramic images in VRML97 format. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1998.application/pdf196075 bytesapplication/pdfen-USInteractive computer systems; Video cameras; Virtual reality; Authoring systems; Fish-eye lens; Image-based; Loss of efficiencies; Panoramic images; Panoramic stitching; Special hardware; Video clips; Real time systemsconference paper10.1007/3-540-49384-0_112-s2.0-78650556118http://ntur.lib.ntu.edu.tw/bitstream/246246/155198/1/21.pdf