
Visual Perception from a Computer Graphics Perspective
A K Peters (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 2. June 2011
Book
Hardback
550 pages
978-1-56881-465-0 (ISBN)
Description
This book provides an introduction to human visual perception suitable for readers studying or working in the fields of computer graphics and visualization, cognitive science, and visual neuroscience. It focuses on how computer graphics images are generated, rather than solely on the organization of the visual system itself; therefore, the text provides a more direct tie between image generation and the resulting perceptual phenomena. It covers such topics as the perception of material properties, illumination, the perception of pictorial space, image statistics, perception and action, and spatial cognition.
Reviews / Votes
This is a fabulous book written by the right people, and if I had to pick only three books for my desk, this would be one of them.-Peter Shirley, author of Fundamentals of Computer Graphics
This is the first book on perception to build on the need to understand how images are formed in order to understand how they are perceived and used. The discussions of applications to computer graphics are the icing on the cake of a broad and often deep treatment of the ever-growing science of human visual perception.
-Daniel Kersten, Department of Psychology, University of Minnesota
Finally, here is a book that offers a thorough introduction to visual perception specifically geared toward the graphics practitioner. It should be required reading for anyone serious about computer graphics.
-Alexei A. Efros, School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University
It matches basic vision texts in coverage and adds the unique point of view of production: how would you create this scene? It is an excellent resource and new source of ideas about how vision works and how computer graphics can best take advantage of the properties of the human visual system.
-Patrick Cavanagh, Universite Paris Descartes and Harvard University
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Natick
United States
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Inc
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Academic and Professional Practice & Development
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 191 mm
Weight
1111 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-56881-465-0 (9781568814650)
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William Thompson | Roland Fleming | Sarah Creem-Regehr
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William Thompson | Roland Fleming | Sarah Creem-Regehr
Visual Perception from a Computer Graphics Perspective
E-Book
04/2016
1st Edition
CRC Press
€63.49
Available for download
Persons
William Thompson, Roland Fleming, Sarah Creem-Regehr, Jeanine Kelly Stefanucci
Content
INTRODUCTION: Overview. BUILDING BLOCKS: Visual Sensitivity. 2D Image Features. Color. 2D Motion. Stereo and Accommodation. SURFACES AND MOVEMENT: Perspective. Texture. Illumination, Shading, and Shadows. Perception of Material Properties. Motion of Viewer and Objects. Pictorial Space. PERCEPTION OF HIGHER LEVEL ENTITIES: Spatial Orientation and Spatial Cognition. Perception and Action. Object and Scene Recognition. Visual Attention and Search. Event Recognition-Inanimate. Event Recognition-Biological. References. Index.