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Educational Innovations and Emerging Technologies
ISSN:2737-5315
Frequency: Quarterly Published by lIKll


Open Access Research Paper
 EIET 2022/06
Vol.2, Iss.2 : 39-45
10.35745/eiet2022v02.02.0004

Combining 360° Video and Camera Mapping for Virtual Reality: An Innovative Solution


Hung Sun 1, Tsun-Hung Tsai 2* and Ke Jiang 3


1Department of Digital Multimedia Design, China University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan
2Shih Chien University, Taipei, Taiwan
3Sophon Ltd, Taichung, Taiwan


Abstract:
Changing the framework of traditional video with limited viewing angles, 360° photo/video provides an immersive viewing experience. 360° video is one of the applications and the most important feature of virtual reality for immersion and the feeling of being in another space. However, when viewing 360° videos with a head-mounted display, the viewer feels like a fixed rotatable camera, and the viewer's movement does not change the viewing angle of the object, which greatly reduces the spatial immersion required for virtual reality. Therefore, we propose a solution that maintains high-quality graphics and low hardware demands and supports 6DoF head-mounted displays. Through the camera mapping function in the 3D animation software, 360° surround video is projected into a 3D sphere to create a simple 3D object that corresponds to the shape of the object in the image. With pristine video quality and a realistic 3D spatial perspective, it provides better virtual reality immersion than 360° video and is not as complex as a full 3D virtual reality environment. In the future, 3D scanning and photogrammetry can be integrated to reconstruct a more easily applied 3D virtual reality environment

Keywords:  360° photos/videos, camera mapping, virtual reality, 3D modeling

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Received:April 11, 2022; Revised:April 25, 2022; Accepted:May 11, 2022; Published:June 30, 2022
*Corresponding author; e-mail: otaru@g2.usc.edu.tw


Citation:Sun, H., & Tsai, T.H., & Jiang, K.(2022). Combining 360° Video and Camera Mapping for Virtual Reality: An Innovative Solution. Educational Innovations and Emerging Technologies, 2(2), 39-45. 10.35745/eiet2022v02.02.0004

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