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+import os
+import torch
+import numpy as np
+import imageio 
+import json
+import torch.nn.functional as F
+import cv2
+
+
+trans_t = lambda t : torch.Tensor([
+    [1,0,0,0],
+    [0,1,0,0],
+    [0,0,1,t],
+    [0,0,0,1]]).float()
+
+rot_phi = lambda phi : torch.Tensor([
+    [1,0,0,0],
+    [0,np.cos(phi),-np.sin(phi),0],
+    [0,np.sin(phi), np.cos(phi),0],
+    [0,0,0,1]]).float()
+
+rot_theta = lambda th : torch.Tensor([
+    [np.cos(th),0,-np.sin(th),0],
+    [0,1,0,0],
+    [np.sin(th),0, np.cos(th),0],
+    [0,0,0,1]]).float()
+
+
+def pose_spherical(theta, phi, radius):
+    c2w = trans_t(radius)
+    c2w = rot_phi(phi/180.*np.pi) @ c2w
+    c2w = rot_theta(theta/180.*np.pi) @ c2w
+    c2w = torch.Tensor(np.array([[-1,0,0,0],[0,0,1,0],[0,1,0,0],[0,0,0,1]])) @ c2w
+    return c2w
+
+
+def load_LINEMOD_data(basedir, half_res=False, testskip=1):
+    splits = ['train', 'val', 'test']
+    metas = {}
+    for s in splits:
+        with open(os.path.join(basedir, 'transforms_{}.json'.format(s)), 'r') as fp:
+            metas[s] = json.load(fp)
+
+    all_imgs = []
+    all_poses = []
+    counts = [0]
+    for s in splits:
+        meta = metas[s]
+        imgs = []
+        poses = []
+        if s=='train' or testskip==0:
+            skip = 1
+        else:
+            skip = testskip
+            
+        for idx_test, frame in enumerate(meta['frames'][::skip]):
+            fname = frame['file_path']
+            if s == 'test':
+                print(f"{idx_test}th test frame: {fname}")
+            imgs.append(imageio.imread(fname))
+            poses.append(np.array(frame['transform_matrix']))
+        imgs = (np.array(imgs) / 255.).astype(np.float32) # keep all 4 channels (RGBA)
+        poses = np.array(poses).astype(np.float32)
+        counts.append(counts[-1] + imgs.shape[0])
+        all_imgs.append(imgs)
+        all_poses.append(poses)
+    
+    i_split = [np.arange(counts[i], counts[i+1]) for i in range(3)]
+    
+    imgs = np.concatenate(all_imgs, 0)
+    poses = np.concatenate(all_poses, 0)
+    
+    H, W = imgs[0].shape[:2]
+    focal = float(meta['frames'][0]['intrinsic_matrix'][0][0])
+    K = meta['frames'][0]['intrinsic_matrix']
+    print(f"Focal: {focal}")
+    
+    render_poses = torch.stack([pose_spherical(angle, -30.0, 4.0) for angle in np.linspace(-180,180,40+1)[:-1]], 0)
+    
+    if half_res:
+        H = H//2
+        W = W//2
+        focal = focal/2.
+
+        imgs_half_res = np.zeros((imgs.shape[0], H, W, 3))
+        for i, img in enumerate(imgs):
+            imgs_half_res[i] = cv2.resize(img, (W, H), interpolation=cv2.INTER_AREA)
+        imgs = imgs_half_res
+        # imgs = tf.image.resize_area(imgs, [400, 400]).numpy()
+
+    near = np.floor(min(metas['train']['near'], metas['test']['near']))
+    far = np.ceil(max(metas['train']['far'], metas['test']['far']))
+    return imgs, poses, render_poses, [H, W, focal], K, i_split, near, far
+
+