Showing posts with label augmented reality. Show all posts
Showing posts with label augmented reality. Show all posts

Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Research Into Inserting Artificial Objects into Photographs

Rendering Synthetic Objects into Legacy Photographs from Kevin Karsch on Vimeo.

We always get a laugh when news organizations or governments try to pass off bad Photoshop jobs as real images, but with the way graphics technology is advancing, bad Photoshop jobs may soon become a thing of the past. Here’s a fascinating demo into technology that can quickly and realistically insert fake 3D objects into photographs — lighting, shading and all. Aside from a few annotations provided by the user (e.g. where the light sources are), the software doesn’t need to know anything about the images. Mind-blowing stuff…