An image based system and process for rendering novel views of a real or synthesized 3D scene based on a series of concentric mosaics depicting the scene. In one embodiment, each concentric mosaic represents a collection of consecutive slit images of the surrounding 3D scene taken from a different viewpoint...http://www.google.com/patents/US6750860?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US6750860 - Rendering with concentric mosaics
