Novel view synthesis in tensor space

We present a new method for synthesizing novel views of a 3D scene from few model images in full correspondence. The core of this work is the derivation of a tensorial operator that describes the transformation from a given tensor of three views to a novel tensor of a new configuration of three views. By repeated application of the operator on a seed tensor with a sequence of desired virtual camera positions we obtain a chain of warping functions (tensors) from the set of model images to create the desired virtual views.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 1997
• Where: CVPR
• Authors: Shai Avidan, Amnon Shashua
• Keywords: Computer Vision, CVPR 1997, Seed Tensor, Virtual Camera Positions, Virtual Views