This paper proposes a framework that supports the photorealistic
superimposition of virtual objects onto real scenes obtained by
free-viewpoint image generation, which enables users to freely change their
viewpoints in virtualized real world constructed using preliminarily recorded
images. The framework combines the offline rendering of virtual objects and
the free-viewpoint image generation to take advantage of the higher quality
of offline rendering without the additional computational cost of online
processing; i.e., it incurs only the cost of the online free-viewpoint image
generation, which is simplified by pre-generating structured viewpoints.
Based on the proposed framework, we develop a practical application that
superimposes lost buildings of a historical relic into a virtualized
environment using omnidirectional images captured from the sky, thereby,
allowing the users to change of their viewpoint on a two-dimensional 400m x
400m plane using viewpoints of 20m x 20m grid structure.
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