View Dependent Tone Mapping of HDR Panoramas for Head Mounted Displays

Steve Cutchin; Yuan Li

doi:10.2312/egve.20161431

View Dependent Tone Mapping of HDR Panoramas for Head Mounted Displays

Steve Cutchin, Yuan Li

Computer Science Department

Boise State University

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Abstract

Head mounted display(HMD)s are characterized by relatively low resolution and low dynamic range. These limitations significantly reduce the visual quality of photorealistic captures on such displays. In this paper we present an interactive view dependent tone mapping technique for viewing up to 16K wide high dynamic range panoramas on HMDs via view-adjusted mapping function stored in separate texture file. We define this technique as ToneTexture. The use of a view adjusted tone mapping allows for expansion of the perceived color space available to the end user. This yields an improved visual appearance of both high dynamic range panoramas and low dynamic range panoramas on such displays. We present comparisons of the results produced by this technique against Reinhard tone mapping operators. Demonstration systems are available for WebGL and head mounted displays such as Oculus Rift and GearVR.

Original language	American English
Title of host publication	ICAT-EGVE 2016: International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments
Editors	Dirk Reiners, Daisuke Iwai, Frank Steinicke
Pages	29-36
Number of pages	8
ISBN (Electronic)	9783038680123
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.2312/egve.20161431
State	Published - 1 Jan 2016
Event	26th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, ICAT 2016 and the 21st Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, EGVE 2016 - Little Rock, United States Duration: 7 Dec 2016 → 9 Dec 2016

Publication series

Name	International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, ICAT-EGVE 2016

Conference

Conference	26th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, ICAT 2016 and the 21st Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, EGVE 2016
Country/Territory	United States
City	Little Rock
Period	7/12/16 → 9/12/16

Keywords

computer graphics
picture/image generation—viewing algorithms

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Computer Sciences

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Cutchin, S., & Li, Y. (2016). View Dependent Tone Mapping of HDR Panoramas for Head Mounted Displays. In D. Reiners, D. Iwai, & F. Steinicke (Eds.), ICAT-EGVE 2016: International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments (pp. 29-36). (International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, ICAT-EGVE 2016). https://doi.org/10.2312/egve.20161431

Cutchin, Steve ; Li, Yuan. / View Dependent Tone Mapping of HDR Panoramas for Head Mounted Displays. ICAT-EGVE 2016: International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments. editor / Dirk Reiners ; Daisuke Iwai ; Frank Steinicke. 2016. pp. 29-36 (International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, ICAT-EGVE 2016).

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Cutchin, S & Li, Y 2016, View Dependent Tone Mapping of HDR Panoramas for Head Mounted Displays. in D Reiners, D Iwai & F Steinicke (eds), ICAT-EGVE 2016: International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments. International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, ICAT-EGVE 2016, pp. 29-36, 26th International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence, ICAT 2016 and the 21st Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, EGVE 2016, Little Rock, United States, 7/12/16. https://doi.org/10.2312/egve.20161431

View Dependent Tone Mapping of HDR Panoramas for Head Mounted Displays. / Cutchin, Steve; Li, Yuan.
ICAT-EGVE 2016: International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments. ed. / Dirk Reiners; Daisuke Iwai; Frank Steinicke. 2016. p. 29-36 (International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, ICAT-EGVE 2016).

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Cutchin S, Li Y. View Dependent Tone Mapping of HDR Panoramas for Head Mounted Displays. In Reiners D, Iwai D, Steinicke F, editors, ICAT-EGVE 2016: International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments. 2016. p. 29-36. (International Conference on Artificial Reality and Telexistence and Eurographics Symposium on Virtual Environments, ICAT-EGVE 2016). doi: 10.2312/egve.20161431

View Dependent Tone Mapping of HDR Panoramas for Head Mounted Displays

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