Patent ID: 8223192

Claim:
A method of remotely viewing a video from a selected viewpoint selected by the viewer from a continuous segment, comprising: receiving a recording of a video of a subject recorded using at least one depth video camera that records a video comprising a sequence of picture frames and additionally records a depth value for each pixel of the picture frames; receiving a recording of a video of the subject recorded using at least one standard video camera positioned to record a video at a viewpoint that differs from the viewpoint of the depth video camera; wherein said at least one depth video camera and said at least one standard video camera are operated synchronously; rendering a depth hull that defines a three dimensional outline of the subject being recorded using the depth values recorded by the depth video cameras; providing the recorded video from one or more cameras positioned on either side of the selected viewpoint; incorporating the recorded video from the one or more cameras onto the rendered depth hull to render a viewable video from the selected viewpoint; and displaying the rendered viewable video to the viewer.