Creating shockwaves in three-dimensional depth videos and images

A virtual shockwave creation method for use with an electronic device including a depth capture camera and an image display, the method comprising:

• capturing, with the depth capture camera, the initial video;
• generating a sequence of initial depth images from respective initial images in the initial video, wherein each of the initial depth images is associated with a time coordinate on a time (T) axis for a presentation time based on the respective initial images in the initial video and each of the initial depth images is formed of a matrix of vertices, each vertex representing a location in a respective three-dimensional scene;
• in response to receiving the shockwave effect selection, based on, at least, the associated time coordinate of each of the initial depth images, generating, for each of the initial depth images, a respective warped shockwave image by applying a transformation function to vertices of the respective initial depth image;
• generating a warped shockwave video including the sequence of the generated warped shockwave images;
• and
• presenting, via the image display, the warped shockwave video.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing program code for execution on an electronic device including a depth capture camera, an image display, and an electronic processor which, when executed, is operative to cause the electronic processor to perform the steps of:

• capturing, via the depth capture camera, the initial video;
• generating a sequence of initial depth images from respective initial images in the initial video, wherein each of the initial depth images is associated with a time coordinate on a time (T) axis for a presentation time based on the respective initial images in the initial video and each of the initial depth images is formed of a matrix of vertices, each vertex representing a location in a respective three-dimensional scene;
• in response to receiving the shockwave effect selection, based on, at least, the associated time coordinate of each of the initial depth images, generating, for each of the initial depth images, a respective warped shockwave image by applying a transformation function to vertices of the respective initial depth image;
• generating a warped shockwave video including the sequence of the generated warped shockwave images;
• and
• presenting, via the image display, the warped shockwave video.