Walk through a Museum with Binocular Stereo Effect and Spherical Panorama Views

Photo based spherical panoramas were usually used to represent scenes in art museum, but traditional panorama only allows looking around the scene from a fixed point and it could not provide binocular stereo effect that is very necessary to build up a more immersive experience for art appreciation. Modeling based virtual tour scene could provide walking through ability and binocular stereo effect but it is almost impossible to model an art museum as just it likes. In this paper, the authors designed a special method for spherical panorama recording, based on which kind of virtual tour system was developed to provide walking through ability and binocular stereo effect to users with head mounted display. This system combines the advantages of photo realistic, walking through and binocular stereo effect.