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From: kilian@cray.com (Alan Kilian)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics
Subject: Generating surfaces from 2D stereo photographs
Message-ID: <190334.23387@timbuk.cray.com>
Date: 15 Apr 91 00:33:02 GMT
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Someone asked about generating 3D shapes from 2D images. I think that
they were talking about using movies but here's a refrence that uses
two stereo photographs:

_From Images to Surfaces_
by William Eric Leifur Grimson 273 pages
MIT press 1981  ISBN 0-262-07083-9

  It describes a system whereby two photographs may be used to
reconstruct a distance mesh of the objects.

  Computer generated random dot patterns are used as well as a
real world object splattered with paint as examples.

  It has a million stereo images to be used by the crossed eye
fusion method. These are the most fun thing in the book.

  Also if you like crossed eye photographs check out _Science_ 
Vol 252 5 April 1991 It has a ton of stereo images in this issue.

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