A Real-Time Background Replacement Method Based on Estimated Depth for AR Applications
PubDate: Aug 2022
Teams: University of Fukui;Osaka University
Writers: Yoshihiro Tsuboki; Tomoya Kawakami; Satoru Matsumoto; Tomoki Yoshihisa; Yuuichi Teranishi
PDF: A Real-Time Background Replacement Method Based on Estimated Depth for AR Applications
Abstract
Recent technological advances in Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) enable users to experience a high-quality virtual world. In VR applications, the user’s physical movement is generally restricted because the situation around the real world cannot be seen. AR allows users to experience virtual worlds without restrictions on physical movement, but the extent to which they are replaced as virtual worlds is limited. In this research, assuming the use of smartphones and tablet devices, a partial virtual world system is implemented by removing only the background part from the real-time real-world image taken by the camera and replacing it with a virtual background.