Towards Image Rendering using models of Image Manifolds

Abstract

Building computer representations of real objects, which could be archaeological artifacts or planned buildings, is a very active research area. Typically objects are represented in computer memory as a collection of geometric primitives. In this paper we build on the concept of Image Manifolds, which we model in image space. This enables us to model the appearance of an object essentially as a collection of images. We discuss one possible approach to modelling image manifolds, which uses partial differential equations.