Displaying a wide field of view video image

A system for displaying a wide field of view video image of a location, the system comprising:

• a display unit for displaying a series of individual video images from a series of location cameras together covering the wide field of view to a user for creating a visual experience of the location wherein a horizontal span of each individual video image displayed by the display unit is determined based on distances of identified objects in one or more overlap areas between field of views of the location cameras from the two or more location cameras covering each respective overlap area.

A system for capturing a wide field of view video image of a location, the system comprising:

• a series of location cameras for placement at the location to capture the wide field of view video image as a plurality of individual video images together covering the desired field of view;
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• a distance sensor unit for sensing distances of closest objects in one or more overlap areas defined by respective fields of view of neighboring location cameras covering each respective overlap area.

A system for displaying a wide field image comprising:

• a plurality of cameras arranged such that respective image capture fields of neighboring cameras overlap in an overlap region;
• at least one distance sensor for determining a distance to an object identified in each overlap region, and
• a display unit for displaying a plurality of contiguous image segments forming the wide field image, each image segment being derived from an image captured by one of said plurality of cameras at least partly on the basis of the distance to an object identified in the overlap region between the camera and at least one neighboring camera.