View synthesis

View synthesis aims to create new views of a specific subject starting from a number of pictures taken from given point of views.

Currently a study branch of Computer Science Research, Vision Research and Artificial Intelligence fields are involved in the definition of suitable approaches to the problem. See Computer Vision

Example problem 1: Is to take a number of images of a specific subject, taken from a specific point with a specific camera orientation and setting, and then use that data to build a synthetic image that looks as if it was taken from a virtual camera that is placed at a different point and with the same settings.

Example problem 2: Two people interact through their computers, using a webcam. Try to render corrected images, as if taken from a virtual webcam positioned behind the application window. This would solve the long-standing Eye contact problem which is experienced in this environment. A double illusion is perceived by the users: each of them looks at each other's face, but neither of them get the proper feeling of it.

An example application of view synthesis is Free viewpoint television.