GmbH Graham Thomas , Kingswood Warren Recent advances in computer technology, coupled with research in computer vision and image generation, are having a significant impact on TV production methods, which have remained unchanged since the introduction of color television.
Virtual studios replace real background sets in a studio with a computer-generated synthetic scene.
This lets producers generate image sequences that combine real foreground action shot in the studio with computer-generated backgrounds. IEEE MultiMedia , Summer 1996, Vol. Inc. All rights reserved.