by Li Lung Ming. / Thesis (M.Sc.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1992. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 33-34). / Chapter 0. --- Abstract --- p.3 / Chapter 1. --- Introduction --- p.4 / Chapter 1.1 --- Stereoscopic Applications --- p.4 / Chapter 1.2 --- How to perceive 3-D image --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.1 --- Monocular Cues --- p.6 / Chapter 1.2.2 --- Binocular cues --- p.7 / Chapter 2 --- Background --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1 --- True 3 -D Display --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.1 --- Stereoscopic Systems --- p.9 / Chapter 2.1.2 --- Head-Mounted Display --- p.11 / Chapter 2.1.3 --- Varifocal-mirror Display --- p.12 / Chapter 2.1.4 --- Holographic Systems --- p.13 / Chapter 2.2 --- Generation of real-time Stereoscopic Views --- p.15 / Chapter 3. --- A Stereoscopic System --- p.21 / Chapter 3.1 --- Design Considerations --- p.21 / Chapter 3.2 --- The Set-up --- p.22 / Chapter 4. --- Results --- p.26 / Chapter 5. --- Discussions --- p.27 / Chapter 5.1 --- Advantages of the set-up --- p.29 / Chapter 5.2 --- Disadvantages of the set-up --- p.30 / Chapter 6. --- Conclusion --- p.31 / Chapter 7. --- References --- p.33

We present the argument that video footage of real scenes can be used as input examples from which novel three-dimensional scenes can be created. We argue that the parameters used by traditional animation techniques based on the underlying physical properties of the water, do not intuitively relate to the resulting visual appearance. We will present a novel approach which allows a range of video examples to be used as a set of visual parameters to design the visible behaviour of a water animation directly. Our work begins with a method for reconstructing the perceived water surface geometry from video footage of natural scenes, captured with only a single static camera. We show that this has not been accomplished before, because previous approaches use sophisticated capturing systems which are limited to a laboratory environment. We will also present an approach for reconstructing the water surface velocities which are consistent with the reconstructed geometry. We then present a method of using these water surface reconstructions as building blocks which can be seamlessly combined to create novel water surface animations. We are also able to extract foam textures from the videos, which can be applied to the water surfaces to enhance their visual appearance. The surfaces we produce can be shaped and curved to fit within a user's three-dimensional scene, and the movement of external objects can be driven by the velocity fields. We present a range of results which show that our method can plausibly emulate a wide range of real-world scenes, different from those from which the water characteristics were captured. As the animations we create are fully three-dimensional, they can be rendered from any viewpoint, in any rendering style.

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Thesis. 1979. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography: leaves 108-109. / by Ralph J. Mayer. / M.S.

Thesis. 1978. M.S.--Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Architecture. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Bibliography: leaves 73-76. / M.S.

by Tien-Tsin Wong. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1998. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 129-137). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Mode of access: World Wide Web. / Abstracts in English and Chinese.

Thesis (M.S.V.S.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Architecture, 1981. / MICROFICHE COPY AVAILABLE IN ARCHIVES AND ROTCH. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 61-63). / This study presents research regarding the language of colors and of computers. The focus was color: translated through personal imagery, transferred and changed through media, and programmed through the computer. The research was a subjective experience within an objective context. / by Nancy Gardner. / M.S.V.S.