Reconstructing virtual rooms from panoramic images

The capl.uTing of panommic 3600 images has become a popula1' photogmphic techniquc. While a complete 3600 view givcs an imp1'essivc vicw of the enviTonment, many people have difficult.ics to unde1'stand the spatial scene mmngement fTOm this flat. image. FOT this Teason, 'We pTesenl. and disclLSS va1'i01LS vi.malizal,ions of panommic images. HLTtheT7(w1'e, 'We pTOpose an alteTna.t.ive vislLalization f01' panommic images, using a simple 3-D Teconstl1Lction of the TecAlTding envi1'Onment. Specifically. we Teconst1''U,ct thc 3-D layout (~f 1'cctang'ula1' 'rooms jimn a panomrn:ic image. By p1'Ojecting [he panommie image onto the walls of this 1liTi'ual mom. the sccne can be viSll,alized as a 3-D model. The model can be shown eil.hcT as a scene ovel1Jiew. 01' it can bc d'isplayed with the viTt1Wl camem al. thc posit.ion of thc oTiginal camera, JlTOviding 1'ealistie views f1'Om within the mom .