RENOIR

1. Platforms, prices, and company

• IBM PC computers under Windows-95, Windows-NT  ( A minimal required configuration is IBM PC/AT Pentium or compatible, 90Mhz, 32Mb RAM, 1 Gb HD, SVGA, PD (mouse))
• Unix workstations (SGI, HP, IBM, SUN, Titan) or SGI workstation under OS IRIX 5.3.
• Pricing :  $$$$
• Integra. URL: http://www.integra.co.jp/eng/products/renoir/index.htm

2. Applications

• 3D Reconstruction of the shape and color attributes of architectural objects from photo-images of these objects.
• architecture design and restoration (both of exterior and interior scenes)
• objects and devices reconstruction for animators
• creation of virtual reality scenes
• photomontage scenes creation
• Advertising
• measuring geometric characteristics from photos.

3. Examples/Samples

• Model under construction: http://www.integra.co.jp/eng/products/renoir/functional.htm
• Exterior objects: http://www.integra.co.jp/eng/products/renoir/exterior.htm
• Interior objects: http://www.integra.co.jp/eng/products/renoir/interior.htm
• Toy houses: http://www.integra.co.jp/eng/products/renoir/toy_house.htm
• Photo montage: http://www.integra.co.jp/eng/products/renoir/photomontage.htm

4. Functional

• Models

§ Created from ready blocks.

§ Models are assembled from simple ready blocks by some kind of modeler. Each block is Constructive Solid Geometry (CSG) object, composed from convex plane faces, described in text form.

o File formats

§ Export

· INSPIRER and VRML 2.0 data formats

§ Import

· Traditional film cameras, analogue or digital video and still cameras.

· a frame grabber or a slide scanner

§ Internal

· VRML, JPEG

5. Web Resources

• Home Page:  http://www.integra.co.jp/eng/products/renoir/index.htm
• Functional Description:  http://www.integra.co.jp/eng/products/renoir/functional.htm