Image-based rendering (panel): really new or déjà vu?

Image Based Rendering (IBR), techniques which generate new images from other images rather than geometric primitives, appeared to burst onto the computer graphics scene in the last few years. IBR seems to hold the promise of leaping right over the difficulties of traditional modeling and rendering or at a minimum hiding the latency between rendered frames. This panel will first define what is meant by image based rendering and place this emerging technology in the context of a continuum of developments. The panel of IBR researchers will then speculate on the long-term impact of IBR on computer graphics by addressing issues such as: