Michael Waschbüsch is a Ph.D. candidate in the Computer Graphics
Laboratory at ETH Zurich. He received his computer science diploma
degree in 2003 from the University of Kaiserslautern, Germany. His
research interests include 3D video, 3D reconstruction, point-based
rendering, and graphics hardware.

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AG Audience

English

60 Minutes

Saarbrücken

Three-dimensional video captures appearance, geometry, and motion of
scenes during recording while providing the user with the possibility
to change the viewpoint at will during playback. Free navigation
regarding time and space in streams of visual data directly enhances
the viewing experience and interactivity. Moreover, 3D video provides
more freedom in movie post-production. It opens doors to a variety of
novel special effects which would be difficult or impossible to
achieve with conventional 2D video.

In this talk I will give an overview of the recent 3D video activities
at ETH Zurich. In our work we focus on representations and
methodologies to capture and process three-dimensional dynamic
scenes. A scalable recording system is presented based on multiple
sparsely placed 3D video bricks which act as low-cost z-cameras and
allow simultaneous texture and depth map acquisition using stereo on
structured light. As a fundamental primitive for 3D video we employ
dynamic point samples by generalizing 2D video pixels towards 3D
irregular points. An editing framework allows for convenient
interactive manipulation of the four-dimensional data stream to create
novel visual effects.

AND

Stephan Wuermlin
LiberoVision - Magic Media Moments of Sports Events

Emotions are the inevitable essence of sports events. The ETH spin-off
company LiberoVision provides innovative media services to enhance the
viewer's experience and intensify emotions of sports broadcasts on
television. LiberoVision offers novel replay technology for live
coverage and enables emotional discussions on controversial situations
during post-game analysis. With LiberoVision, the viewer can experience
astonishing views of sports games that no one has ever seen before. This
talk will give an overview of the current technology and products of
LiberoVision.

Bodo Rosenhahn

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