Title page for E-project-101907-104433

Project Type MQP

Submission date 2007-10-19

Author
Neal C Orman, CS

URN E-project-101907-104433

Sponsor Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute Int

Title GPU Optimization of an Existing Free-Viewpoint Video System

Advisor
Lindeman, Robert W., CS

Availability unrestricted

Abstract
Many video reconstruction systems seek to recreate a scene from captured video sequences but are unable to perform at interactive framerates. This project presents the optimization of such a system by utilizing a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). The specialized nature of the GPU offers many challenges in non-traditional graphics pipelines, but can offer great performance benefits. This paper presents the process by which a next-generation GPU is utilized to accelerate the visual hull reconstruction and rendering in "Cinematized Reality."

Files
Neal_Orman_GPU_Optimization.pdf

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Project Type	MQP
Submission date	2007-10-19
Author	Neal C Orman, CS
URN	E-project-101907-104433
Sponsor	Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute Int
Title	GPU Optimization of an Existing Free-Viewpoint Video System
Advisor	Lindeman, Robert W., CS
Availability	unrestricted
Abstract Many video reconstruction systems seek to recreate a scene from captured video sequences but are unable to perform at interactive framerates. This project presents the optimization of such a system by utilizing a Graphics Processing Unit (GPU). The specialized nature of the GPU offers many challenges in non-traditional graphics pipelines, but can offer great performance benefits. This paper presents the process by which a next-generation GPU is utilized to accelerate the visual hull reconstruction and rendering in "Cinematized Reality."
Files	Neal_Orman_GPU_Optimization.pdf