VLPov is a set of utilities to use the POV-Ray raytracer in order to generate and analyize Computer Vision datasets.

Download and install

VLPov consists of two parts: some MATLAB M-files and the annotation patch patch for MegaPOV 1.2.1 (a variant of POV-Ray). The source code archive contains both elements, but, while the first can be used immediately (just add the M-files directory to your MATLAB path), the second requries some work, as explained in the megapov/README.annotation help file.

Examples

The included annotation patch patch enables MegaPOV to export accurate camera calibration and range data. This can be used to load a synthetic scene together with its structure, such as in the following picture.

tree The combined depth map and camera calibration is very useful to find correspondence among frames of an animation, as exemplified in this movie.