An Optical System for Single-Image Environment Maps

 
Jonas Unger and Stefan Gustavson
  VITA, Linköping University

 
 
 

 
Abstract:

 
We present an optical setup for capturing a full 360 degree environment map in a single image snapshot. The setup, which can be used with any camera device, consists of a curved mirror swept around a negative lens, and is suitable for capturing HDR environment maps and light probes. The setup achieves good sampling density and uniformity for all directions in the environment.
 
 
 
Documents:
 
An Optical System for Single-Image Environment Maps, SIGGRAPH 2007 (Abstract)
An Optical System for Single-Image Environment Maps, SIGGRAPH 2007 (Poster)
 
 
Related Projects:
Image based lighting project
 
 
 

 

Jonas Unger 2019