Visual Perception from a Computer Graphics Perspective

Suitable for readers studying or working in the fields of computer graphics and visualization, cognitive science, and visual neuroscience, this book provides an introduction to human visual perception. It focuses on how computer graphics images are generated, rather than solely on the visual system&...

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Main Author Thompson, William
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published United States A. K. Peters 2011
A K Peters/CRC Press
CRC Press LLC
CRC Press
Edition1
Subjects
Computer graphics
Computer programming, programs, data
Vision
Visual perception
Spatial Frequency
Surface Orientation
Point Light Stimuli
Biological Motion
Gamma Encoding
Visual Motion
Sage Publication
Binocular Stereo
Retinal Image
Object Recognition
Motion Parallax
CIE XYZ
Point Light Displays
Spatial Visualization Ability
Point Light Walker
HMD
CRT Display
Human Visual System
Display Surface
Visual System
Size Distance Relationship
Depth Cues
Distance Perception
Occluded Surface
MIT Press
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Table of Contents:
  • Front cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Section I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Overview -- Section II. Building Blocks -- Chapter 2. Visual Sensitivity -- Chapter 3. 2D Image Features -- Chapter 4. Color -- Chapter 5. 2D Motion -- Chapter 6. Stereo and Accommodation -- Section III. Surfaces and Movement -- Chapter 7. Perspective -- Chapter 8. Texture -- Chapter 9. Illumination, Shading, and Shadows -- Chapter 10. Perception of Material Properties -- Chapter 11. Motion of Viewer and Objects -- Chapter 12. Pictorial Space -- Chapter IV. Perception of Higher-Level Entities -- Chapter 13. Spatial Orientation and Spatial Cognition -- Chapter 14. Perception and Action -- Chapter 15. Object and Scene Recognition -- Chapter 16. Visual Attention and Search -- Chapter 17. Event Recognition-Inanimate -- Chapter 18. Event Recognition-Biological -- Bibliography -- Back cover