Final Year Project 2002Final Year Project 2002Building a Large Scale Virtual Building a Large Scale Virtual

Environment (LSVE) Environment (LSVE) Wong Ya Ping <ypwong@mmu.edu.my>,Wong Ya Ping <ypwong@mmu.edu.my>,

Ng Kok Why <kwng@mmu.edu.my>, Sylvia Chan Oi Yee <sylvia.chan@mmu.edu.my>Ng Kok Why <kwng@mmu.edu.my>, Sylvia Chan Oi Yee <sylvia.chan@mmu.edu.my>

Traditional (Geometry-based) Modelling and Rendering

User Inputtexture maps,

survey data

Images

Geometry

Reflectance

Light Sources

Model

Modelling Rendering

For Photorealism:

Modelling is Hard Rendering is Slow

Image-based Modelling and Rendering (IBMR)

Imagesuser input,

range scans

Images“Model”Image-Based

Representation

Image-Based Modelling

Image-Based Rendering

For Photorealism:

Modelling is Easy Rendering is Faster

MMU Virtual Tour - Built using Virtual Reality Modelling Language (VRML). Possible Applications are Virtual Classroom, Virtual Lab, Virtual Exhibition / Museum, Virtual Store for E-Commerce etc.

Object-oriented Graphics Engine - Built purely using C++ without other graphics library such as OpenGL.