A Reflective Light Stage

Abstract

We present a novel acquisition device to capture high resolution 4D reflectance fields of real scenes. The device consists of a concave hemispherical surface coated with a rough specular paint and a digital video projector with a fish-eye lens positioned near the center of the hemisphere. The scene is placed near the projector, also near the center, and photographed from a fixed vantage point. The projector projects a high-resolution image of incident illumination which is reflected by the rough hemispherical surface to become the illumination on the scene. We demonstrate the utility of this device by capturing a high resolution hemispherical reflectance field of a specular object which would be difficult to capture using previous acquisition techniques.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 23, 2006
Accession Number
AD1157723

Entities

People

  • Paul Debevec
  • Pieter Peers
  • Tim Hawkins

Organizations

  • University of Southern California

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Cameras
  • Computer Graphics
  • Computer Science
  • Computer Vision
  • Fungi
  • Graphics
  • High Resolution
  • Images
  • Light Sources
  • Materials
  • Mirrors
  • Photographs
  • Photography
  • Reflectance
  • Reflection
  • Specular Reflection

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Electromagnetic Wave Scattering and Antenna Radiation Engineering
  • Human-Computer Interaction (HCI).
  • Spectroscopy.