Open AccessA Framework for Interactive Virtual Tours
Author(s) -
Frank Edughom Ekpar
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
european journal of electrical engineering and computer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2736-5751
DOI - 10.24018/ejece.2019.3.6.153
Subject(s) - computer science , software deployment , generator (circuit theory) , perspective (graphical) , variety (cybernetics) , computer graphics (images) , multimedia , human–computer interaction , artificial intelligence , operating system , power (physics) , physics , quantum mechanics
This paper introduces a framework for the creation, management and deployment of interactive virtual tours. A panoramic image acquisition unit is adapted to acquire panoramic images and video streams from a wide variety of sources. The acquired panoramic images and video streams are fed into a transform engine that performs any required transformations on the input data in a uniform and seamless manner. A package generator coupled with the transform engine synthesizes complete virtual tour packages by combining the transformed data with a broad range of multimedia resources to create navigable virtual tours. Perspective correction and related transformations on the data are carried out by a viewing engine allowing a plurality of viewers to independently and simultaneously interact with the virtual tours. User interaction with the virtual tour packages is enhanced by a control engine that facilitates bi-directional communication between various elements of the system.