First, I will introduce my recent work on video-based modelling for dynamic natural phenomena. I will focus on a probabilistic approach that is able to capture a realistic moving tree from a single view-point video. I will also introduce a low cost solution for acquiring a visually plausible water surface model, again from a single view-point video taken in the natural world.
Second, I will use buildings as the subject to discuss my work on example-based model synthesis. I will introduce 1) a technique that automatically captures the appearance style of an example building and retargets the style to new buildings; 2) a method that automatically synthesizes novel models by re-combining parts from different example buildings.
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