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The paper presents a new approach on an omni-directional omni-stereo multi-camera system that allows the recording of panoramic 3D video with high resolution and quality and display in stereo 3D on a cylindrical screen. It has been developed in the framework of the TiME Lab at Fraunhofer HHI, an experimental platform for immersive media and related content creation. The new system uses a mirror rig to enable a multi-camera constellation that is close to the concept of concentric mosaics. A proof of concept has shown that the systematical approximation error related to concentric mosaics is negligible in practice and parallax-free stitching of stereoscopic video panoramas can be achieved with high 3D quality and for arbitrary scenes with depth ranges from 2 meters to infinity.
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Weissig, C., Schreer, O., Eisert, P., Kauff, P. (2012). The Ultimate Immersive Experience: Panoramic 3D Video Acquisition. In: Schoeffmann, K., Merialdo, B., Hauptmann, A.G., Ngo, CW., Andreopoulos, Y., Breiteneder, C. (eds) Advances in Multimedia Modeling. MMM 2012. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7131. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27355-1_72
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