Dense Scene Reconstruction from Spherical Light Fields

Abstract

Spherical images are suitable for reconstruction of large, outdoor scenes. We present a method for dense 3D reconstruction based on spherical light fields (SLFs). In contrast to light fields generated from perspective cameras, SLFs are intrinsically distorted. Our approach is the first to exploit the internal structure of SLFs while properly handling distortion. Additionally, we adopt a variational formulation and our algorithm produces high quality, locally smooth reconstructions.