Effect of Low-level Visual Details in Perception of Deformation

• Published in: Computer graphics forum Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 375 - 383
• Main Authors: Han, D., Keyser, J.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.05.2016
• Subjects: [I.3.5]: Computational Geometry and Object Modeling-Physically based modeling Computer Graphics; [I.3.7]: Three-Dimensional Graphics and Realism-Animation; Analysis; Categories and Subject Descriptors (according to ACM CCS): Computer Graphics; Computer animation; Computer simulation; Deformation; Grounds; Mathematical analysis; Perception; Simulation; Stiffness; Studies; Surface layer; Texture; Visual; Visual perception

We quantitatively measure how different low‐level visual details can influence people's perceived stiffness of a deformable sphere under physically based simulation. The result can be used to create a metric for artists in designing textures to enhance or reduce the stiffness perceived by a vie...