THREE-DIMENSIONAL VISUALIZATION BY ALTERED MULTIPLE TWO-DIMENSIONAL PERSPECTIVE IMAGERY

摘要

An altered perspective two-dimensional image taken from an arbitrary view point forms the second image necessary for three-dimensional visualization. A two-dimensional perspective image provides sufficient information to create a three-dimensional visualization of the image. Thus, as applied to a television raster scan, the two-dimensional image contains sufficient information to create a three-dimensional visualization. In one embodiment the first field is conventionally scanned (alternating lines) but the second field (fill in lines) is altered in a specific manner. With means such as liquid crystal goggles, the fields can be directed to respective right and left eyes only. The basic principle can be applied to film media and still pictures as alternative embodiments. Surprisingly, all two-dimensional images containing perspective clues can be visualized in three-dimensions with an appropriately altered second image.