System and method of calibrating a virtual asset for display in an application
Embodiments generally relate to a machine-implemented method of automatically adjusting the range of a depth data recording executed by at least one processing device. The method comprises determining, by the at least one processing device, at least one positions of a subject to be recorded; determining, by the at least one processing device, at least one spatial range based on the positions of the subject; receiving depth information; and constructing, by the at least one processing device, a depth data recording based on the received depth information limited by the at least one spatial range.
1 . A machine-implemented method of calibrating content captured during a recording executed by at least one processing device, the method comprising:
displaying, by the processing device during a calibration phase of a recording process, a representation of the content to be recorded in a user interface of a display of the processing device;
displaying, by the processing device, an alignment guide superimposed on the representation of the content in the user interface, the alignment guide providing a visual indication of at least one of a desired scale, a desired location or a desired orientation of the representation of the content with respect to a virtual world;
displaying, by the processing device, input controls on the user interface;
obtaining, by the processing device, user input via the input controls, the user input being indicative of a desired change in alignment of the representation of the content with respect to the virtual world;
determining, by the processing device, a three-dimensional transformation of the representation of the content with respect to the virtual world, the three-dimensional transformation being determined based on the user input;
calibrating, by the processing device, the representation of the content by transferring the three-dimensional transformation to a relationship between the representation of the content and a background scene in a player application in accordance with the user input; and,
providing, by the processing device, the relationship to thereby allow display of the calibrated representation of the content with respect to the background scene in the player application.
2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the representation of the content includes at least one of a volumetric video recording, a depth data recording, a colour data recording, three-dimensional content, a recorded image, and a texture.
3 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the player application comprises any one of a virtual reality application and an augmented reality application.
4 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the representation of the content includes colour data and depth data.
5 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the calibrating includes updating the three-dimensional transformation in accordance with further user input.
6 . The method of claim 1 , further comprising displaying on the display of the processing device a prompt, wherein the prompt encourages lining up the representation of the content with the alignment guide.
7 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the calibrating further comprises aligning the representation of the content with a previously calibrated scale, location and orientation.
8 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the representation of the content is pre-recorded.
9 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the relationship defines a calibrated transformation of the representation of the content with respect to the background scene in the player application.
10 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the alignment guide comprises a two-dimensional scale element, and a two-dimensional rotate/translate element oriented perpendicularly to the two-dimensional scale element.
11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the scale element shows a scale of the representation of the content with respect to the background scene which the representation of the content is configured to be inserted against.
12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the rotate/translate element shows a rotation of the representation of the content with respect to the background scene which the representation of the content is configured to be inserted against.
13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the rotate/translate element shows a position of the representation of the content with respect to the background scene which the representation of the content is configured to be inserted against.
14 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the alignment guide comprises a three-dimensional element.
15 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the representation of the content is a three-dimensional video recording of a human subject.
16 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional transformation comprises at least one of a translation, rotation, scale, skew, oblique and perspective transformations.
17 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional recording is a holographic recording.
18 . The method of claim 17 , wherein the holographic recording includes a human subject isolated from any environment.
19 . A machine-implemented method of calibrating a content captured during a recording of a subject executed by at least one processing device, the method comprising:
displaying, by the processing device during a calibration phase of a recording process, a representation of the subject to be recorded in a user interface of a display of the processing device;
displaying, by the processing device, an alignment guide superimposed on the representation of the subject in the user interface, the alignment guide providing a visual indication of at least one of a desired scale, a desired location or a desired orientation of the representation of the subject with respect to a virtual world;
displaying, by the processing device, input controls on the user interface;
obtaining, by the processing device, user input via the input controls, the user input being indicative of a desired three-dimensional transformation of the representation of the subject with respect to the alignment guide;
calibrating, by the processing device, the representation of the subject by applying the three-dimensional transformation in accordance with the user input; and,
providing, by the processing device, the applied transformation to thereby allow display of the calibrated representation of the subject with respect to a background scene in a player application.
20 . The method of claim 19 , wherein the representation of the subject includes at least one of a volumetric video recording, three-dimensional content, a depth data recording, a colour data recording, a recorded image, and a texture.