Method for processing a video data set

1. A method for processing a 2-D video data set, which comprises a sequence of original 2-D images providing a 2-D representation of a scene, into a modified 3-D video data set which, in addition to the sequence of original 2-D images, comprises virtual 2-D images derived therefrom in one or more data processing units, wherein:

an SfM analysis is carried out for each of the original 2-D images and a respectively assigned original position of a recording device which was used to record the original 2-D image,

virtual positions are formed for a recording device for recording virtual 2-D images,

for each virtual position of the recording device with the associated virtual initial image, a respective assignment is created to at least one of the original positions of the recording device with the associated original 2-D image,

for each assignment, a homography is determined between the virtual initial image and the associated original 2-D image,

for each virtual initial image, a virtual 2-D final image is formed from the associated original 2-D image in that the original 2-D image is formed into the associated 2-D final image using the respectively determined homography; and

a modified 3-D video data set is provided, the modified 3-D video data set comprising pairs of images, each pair of images having an original 2-D image and an associated 2-D final image, thereby forming a 3-D stereoscopic final image, wherein the modified 3-D video data set provides a 3-D representation of the scene.

2. The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the assignments are formed in that at least one laterally closest original position of the recording device with the associated original 2-D image is assigned to each virtual position of the recording device with the associated virtual initial 2-D image.

3. The method according to claim 2 , characterized in that the at least one laterally closest original position of the recording device is formed at a lateral distance of an interpupillary distance from the assigned virtual position of the recording device.

4. The method according to, claim 1 characterized in that the virtual positions for the recording device for recording the virtual images are formed at equidistant spacings from the original positions.

5. The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that for each of the original positions, a plurality of virtual positions of the recording device is formed which are optionally equidistant from one another.

6. The method according to claim 1 , characterized in that the modified 3-D video data set is converted into a modified 3-D video data set with images of increased resolution in that, using the respectively determined homography, from the sequence of original 2-D images and the additional virtual 2-D images, a sequence of images with increased resolution is generated, said resolution being higher than an original resolution of the original 2-D images and the additional virtual 2-D images.