The (In)Effectiveness of Simulated Blur for Depth Perception in Naturalistic Images.

ABSTRACT: We examine depth perception in images of real scenes with naturalistic variation in pictorial depth cues, simulated dioptric blur and binocular disparity. Light field photographs of natural scenes were taken with a Lytro plenoptic camera that simultaneously captures images at up to 12 focal planes. When accommodation at any given plane was simulated, the corresponding defocus blur at other depth planes was extracted from the stack of focal plane images. Depth information from pictorial cues, relative blur and stereoscopic disparity was separately introduced into the images. In 2AFC tasks, observers were required to indicate which of two patches extracted from these images was farther. Depth discrimination sensitivity was highest when geometric and stereoscopic disparity cues were both pres

SUBMITTER: Maiello G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4598133 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature