Virtual location hunting

Abstract

Location hunting, which is very important issue in film making, usually sped much cost for choosing the best location. This paper proposes a novel system that can hunt the best location in virtual environments. We take images of locations from multiple-view whose position and orientation are measured using GPS, an electronic compass and angle meters. The 3D environment of the location can be reconstructed from these images. Comparing movie shootings in the several virtual environments, the user (a director of film making) can choose the best location.