Perceptual geometry of space and form: visual perception of natural scenes and their virtual representation

Amir H. Assadi

doi:10.1117/12.447288

2 November 2001 Perceptual geometry of space and form: visual perception of natural scenes and their virtual representation

Amir H. Assadi

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Proceedings Volume 4476, Vision Geometry X; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.447288
Event: International Symposium on Optical Science and Technology, 2001, San Diego, CA, United States

Abstract

Perceptual geometry is an emerging field of interdisciplinary research whose objectives focus on study of geometry from the perspective of visual perception, and in turn, apply such geometric findings to the ecological study of vision. Perceptual geometry attempts to answer fundamental questions in perception of form and representation of space through synthesis of cognitive and biological theories of visual perception with geometric theories of the physical world. Perception of form and space are among fundamental problems in vision science. In recent cognitive and computational models of human perception, natural scenes are used systematically as preferred visual stimuli. Among key problems in perception of form and space, we have examined perception of geometry of natural surfaces and curves, e.g. as in the observer's environment. Besides a systematic mathematical foundation for a remarkably general framework, the advantages of the Gestalt theory of natural surfaces include a concrete computational approach to simulate or recreate images whose geometric invariants and quantities might be perceived and estimated by an observer. The latter is at the very foundation of understanding the nature of perception of space and form, and the (computer graphics) problem of rendering scenes to visually invoke virtual presence.

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Amir H. Assadi "Perceptual geometry of space and form: visual perception of natural scenes and their virtual representation", Proc. SPIE 4476, Vision Geometry X, (2 November 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.447288

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