Bespoke Augmented Visualisation of Interior Design

任何想要重新装修环境的人面临的两个主要挑战是：“重新装修后我的房间会是什么样子？”以及“在这个表面上选择这种产品会对另一个表面的选择产生什么影响？”这个为期12个月的概念验证项目将开发并充分验证一个新的增强现实系统，以积极参与用户的设计，建造和翻新瓷砖环境。与传统成像技术不同，高动态范围（HDR）视频能够捕捉场景中飞行的全部范围。这种捕获的光线可以随后与基于物理的渲染一起使用，使虚拟物体能够被放置在环境中，这样它们不仅看起来真实，而且在感知上确实准确。HDR视频将使用现有的设备摄像头在移动设备上捕获。场景中的结构和照明将从这个HDR视频中自动提取，并由基于物理的渲染系统使用定制照明来重新点亮选定的产品。由此产生的虚拟图像将用于增强来自环境移动设备的实时视图，提供虚拟产品的真实视图，因为它们将出现在用户定制的照明条件下安装的区域。该系统将增强客户的信心，并大大减少在特定环境下选择正确瓷砖时浪费的时间和精力。英国最大的瓷砖制造商和供应商Johnson tiles （JT）已经同意提供他们在系统评估方面的深入市场知识，因为它是开发的，以帮助确保他们的客户在实际（重新）装修完成之前通过增强视图满足他们的需求。最初是为瓷砖市场开发的，最终的系统将同样适用于其他室内设计产品。

Two major challenges facing anyone who wishes to (re)decorate an environment are: “Whatwill my room look like after I have finished redecorating”, and “How will the choice of thisproduct for this surface impact on the choice for another surface?”. This 12 month Proof ofConcept project will develop and fully validate a novel augmented reality system to activelyengage users in the design, build and refurbishment of tiled environments. Unlike traditionalimaging techniques, High Dynamic Range (HDR) video is able to capture the full range oflighting in a scene. This captured lighting can subsequently be used together with physicallybased rendering to enable virtual objects to be placed in environments so that they not onlylook realistic, but are indeed perceptually accurate. HDR video will be captured on mobiledevices using the existing on-device cameras. The structure and lighting in the scene will beautomatically extracted from this HDR video and used by a physically-based rendering systemto relight a chosen product with bespoke lighting. The resultant virtual images will be used toaugment a live view from the mobile device of the environment providing an authentic viewof the virtual products as they would appear in the area in which they are to be installed underthe user’s bespoke lighting conditions. The system will enhance customer confidence andsignificantly reduce wasted time and effort in deciding on the right choice of tile for aparticular environment. The largest manufacturer and supplier of ceramic tiles in the UK,Johnson Tiles (JT) have agreed to provide their in-depth market knowledge in the evaluationof system as it is developed to help ensure that their customers will have high confidence thattheir needs are satisfied through the augmented view before the actual (re)decoration isfinalised. Developed initially for the tiling market, the resultant system will be equallyapplicable to other interior design products.