Interactive panoramic systems are currently on the rise. However, one of the major
challenges in such a system is the overhead involved in transferring a full-quality panorama …

Wide field-of-view (FOV) is necessary for many industrial applications, such as air traffic
control, large vehicle driving and navigation. Unfortunately, the supporting structure/frame in …

Providing mobile devices with virtual environment walkthrough and real-time streaming
movie playback capability is expected to have a profound impact to the entertainment-based …

The acquisition and presentation of high-resolution panoramic video presents a number of
technical difficulties. We demonstrate a system that acquires high-resolution (> 3Kx480) …

Delivering wide-angle and high-resolution spherical panoramic video content entails a high
streaming bitrate. This imposes challenges when panorama clips are consumed in virtual …

The ubiquity of smart mobile devices, such as phones and tablets, enables users to casually
capture 360° panoramas with a single camera sweep to share and relive experiences …

This paper presents a new algorithm for immersive teleconferencing, which addresses the
problem of registering and blending multiple images together to create a single seamless …

It is widely accepted that the emerging concept of immersive media is one of the key
technologies for future entertainment. One feature of immersive media is to use large …

Browsing is a fundamental function in multimedia systems. This paper presents
PanoramaExcerpts-a video browsing interface that shows a catalogue of two types of video …

Displaying panoramic and wide angle views on a flat 2D display surface is necessarily
prone to distortions. Perspective projections are limited to fairly narrow view angles …