What is glTIP?
glTIP(pronounced as gee-el-tip) is a freeware graphics application which produces visually convincing 3D animation effects from an ordinary 2D image. It runs on the Windows platform and can take advantage of any graphics card with OpenGL acceleration.
To get a quick feel of what glTIP can do, please go to the download page to see some sample animations. You can download the program from the same page too.
How does it do that?
glTIP utilizes the Tour Into the Picture(TIP) technique which transforms an ordinary image of a scene into an exciting 3D motion picture. This technique, proposed by research scientists Youichi Horry, Ken-ichi Anjyo and Kiyoshi Arai, allows viewers to "walk through" the 2D picture or photograph.
Brief history
This project was started in July 1998 as an undergraduate final year project under the supervision of Dr. Chiew-Lan Tai, Computer Science Department, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology(HKUST). The group members were: Siu-Hang Chu, Man-Tak Fong and Yiu-Cho Leung.