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Abstract

The present invention relates to a method and system for providing and reconstructing a photorealistic environment, by integrating a virtual item into it, comprising: (a) a dedicated marker, placed in a predefined location within an environment, in which a virtual item has to be integrated, for enabling determining the desired location of said virtual item within said environment; (b) a conventional camera for taking a picture or shooting a video clip of said environment, in which said marker was placed, and then providing a corresponding images of said environment; and (c) one or more servers for receiving said corresponding image of said environment from said camera, processing it, and outputting a photorealistic image that contains said virtual item integrated within it, comprising: (c.1.) a composer for composing a photorealistic image from said corresponding image of said environment; (c.2.) an image processing unit for processing said corresponding image and for determining the location of said marker within said environment; (c.3.) a configuration database for storing configurations and other data; and (c.4.) an image rendering unit for reconstructing the photorealistic image by integrating said virtual item into said predefined location of the photographed environment, wherein said marker is located.

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