IRIDiuM+: deep media storytelling with non-linear light field video
Conference Proceeding
Kosek, M., Koniaris, B., Sinclair, D., Markova, D., Rothnie, F., Smoot, L., & Mitchell, K. (2017)
IRIDiuM+: deep media storytelling with non-linear light field video. In SIGGRAPH '17 ACM SIGGRAPH 2017 VR Village. https://doi.org/10.1145/3089269.3089277
We present immersive storytelling in VR enhanced with non-linear
sequenced sound, touch and light. Our Deep Media (Rose 2012) aim
is to allow for guests to physically enter re...
Real-time rendering with compressed animated light fields.
Conference Proceeding
Koniaris, B., Kosek, M., Sinclair, D., & Mitchell, K. (2017)
Real-time rendering with compressed animated light fields. In GI '17 Proceedings of the 43rd Graphics Interface Conference. , (33-40). https://doi.org/10.20380/GI2017.05
We propose an end-to-end solution for presenting movie quality animated graphics to the user while still allowing the sense of presence afforded by free viewpoint head motion....
Noise Reduction on G-Buffers for Monte Carlo Filtering: Noise Reduction on G-Buffers for Monte Carlo Filtering
Journal Article
Moon, B., Iglesias-Guitian, J. A., McDonagh, S., & Mitchell, K. (2017)
Noise Reduction on G-Buffers for Monte Carlo Filtering: Noise Reduction on G-Buffers for Monte Carlo Filtering. Computer Graphics Forum, 36(8), 600-612. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13155
We propose a novel pre-filtering method that reduces the noise introduced by depth-of-field and motion blur effects in geometric
buffers (G-buffers) such as texture, normal an...
Real-Time Multi-View Facial Capture with Synthetic Training
Journal Article
Klaudiny, M., McDonagh, S., Bradley, D., Beeler, T., & Mitchell, K. (2017)
Real-Time Multi-View Facial Capture with Synthetic Training. Computer Graphics Forum, 36(2), 325-336. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13129
We present a real-time multi-view facial capture system facilitated by synthetic training imagery. Our method is able to achieve high-quality markerless facial performance cap...
Rapid one-shot acquisition of dynamic VR avatars
Conference Proceeding
Malleson, C., Kosek, M., Klaudiny, M., Huerta, I., Bazin, J., Sorkine-Hornung, A., …Mitchell, K. (2017)
Rapid one-shot acquisition of dynamic VR avatars. In IEEE 2017 Virtual Reality (VR). https://doi.org/10.1109/vr.2017.7892240
We present a system for rapid acquisition of bespoke, animatable, full-body avatars including face texture and shape. A blendshape rig with a skeleton is used as a template fo...
Interactive Ray-Traced Area Lighting with Adaptive Polynomial Filtering
Conference Proceeding
Iglesias-Guitian, J. A., Moon, B., & Mitchell, K. (2016)
Interactive Ray-Traced Area Lighting with Adaptive Polynomial Filtering. In Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP 2016)
Area lighting computation is a key component for synthesizing photo-realistic rendered images, and it simulates plausible soft shadows by considering geometric relationships b...
Synthetic Prior Design for Real-Time Face Tracking
Conference Proceeding
McDonagh, S., Klaudiny, M., Bradley, D., Beeler, T., Matthews, I., & Mitchell, K. (2016)
Synthetic Prior Design for Real-Time Face Tracking. In 2016 Fourth International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV),. https://doi.org/10.1109/3dv.2016.72
Real-time facial performance capture has recently been gaining popularity in virtual film production, driven by advances in machine learning, which allows for fast inference o...
Real-time Physics-based Motion Capture with Sparse Sensors
Conference Proceeding
Andrews, S., Huerta, I., Komura, T., Sigal, L., & Mitchell, K. (2016)
Real-time Physics-based Motion Capture with Sparse Sensors. In Proceedings of the 13th European Conference on Visual Media Production (CVMP 2016)https://doi.org/10.1145/2998559.2998564
We propose a framework for real-time tracking of humans using sparse multi-modal sensor sets, including data obtained from optical markers and inertial measurement units. A sm...
Pixel history linear models for real-time temporal filtering.
Journal Article
Iglesias-Guitian, J. A., Moon, B., Koniaris, C., Smolikowski, E., & Mitchell, K. (2016)
Pixel history linear models for real-time temporal filtering. Computer Graphics Forum, 35(7), 363-372. https://doi.org/10.1111/cgf.13033
We propose a new real-time temporal filtering and antialiasing (AA) method for rasterization graphics pipelines. Our method is based on Pixel History Linear Models (PHLM), a n...
Integrating real-time fluid simulation with a voxel engine
Journal Article
Zadick, J., Kenwright, B., & Mitchell, K. (2016)
Integrating real-time fluid simulation with a voxel engine. The Computer Games Journal, 5(1-2), 55-64. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40869-016-0020-5
We present a method of adding sophisticated physical simulations to voxel-based games such as the hugely popular Minecraft (2012. http://minecraft.gamepedia.com/Liquid), thus ...