3D Time-Lapse Reconstruction From Internet Photos

Ricardo Martin-Brualla; David Gallup; Steven M. Seitz

ICCV 2015oral27 citations

3D Time-Lapse Reconstruction From Internet Photos

Ricardo Martin-Brualla, David Gallup, Steven M. Seitz

Abstract

Given an Internet photo collection of a landmark, we compute a 3D time-lapse video sequence where a virtual camera moves continuously in time and space. While previous work assumed a static camera, the addition of camera motion during the time-lapse creates a very compelling impression of parallax. Achieving this goal, however, requires addressing multiple technical challenges, including solving for time-varying depth maps, regularizing 3D point color profiles over time, and reconstructing high quality, hole-free images at every frame from the projected profiles. Our results show photorealistic time-lapses of skylines and natural scenes over many years, with dramatic parallax effects.

BibTeX

@inproceedings{iccv2015_3dtimelapserecon,
  title = {3D Time-Lapse Reconstruction From Internet Photos},
  author = {Ricardo Martin-Brualla and David Gallup and Steven M. Seitz},
  booktitle = {ICCV 2015},
  year = {2015}
}