Blur in human vision and increased visual realism in virtual environments

Michael S. Bittermann; I. Sevil Sariyildiz; Özer Ciftcioglu

doi:10.1007/978-3-540-76858-6_14

Blur in human vision and increased visual realism in virtual environments

Michael S. Bittermann^*, I. Sevil Sariyildiz, Özer Ciftcioglu

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Delft University of Technology

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Abstract

A challenge for virtual reality (VR) applications is to increase the realism of an observer's visual experience. For this purpose the variation of the blur that an observer experiences in his/her vision, while he/she focuses on a particular location, can be mimicked by blurring the VR computer graphics based on a model of the blur. The blur in human vision is the result of a combination of optical and neural vision processes; namely optical refraction, nonuniform retinal sampling, and cortical magnification. Due to the complexity of the phenomenon, apparently no theoretical model of the blur has been published. In this work we model the combined effect by means of a probabilistic model of the human visual system. The results from the models match common vision experience verifying the validity of the underlying theoretical considerations. The implementation of the model for increased realism in virtual reality is illustrated by means of a rendering of a virtual reality scene, which is processed for two different acts of focusing.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Advances in Visual Computing - Third International Symposium, ISVC 2007, Proceedings
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	137-148
Number of pages	12
Edition	PART 1
ISBN (Print)	9783540768579
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76858-6_14
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	3rd International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC 2007 - Lake Tahoe, NV, United States Duration: 26 Nov 2007 → 28 Nov 2007

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Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Number	PART 1
Volume	4841 LNCS
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	3rd International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC 2007
Country/Territory	United States
City	Lake Tahoe, NV
Period	26/11/07 → 28/11/07

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Bittermann, M. S., Sariyildiz, I. S., & Ciftcioglu, Ö. (2007). Blur in human vision and increased visual realism in virtual environments. In Advances in Visual Computing - Third International Symposium, ISVC 2007, Proceedings (PART 1 ed., pp. 137-148). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4841 LNCS, No. PART 1). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76858-6_14

Bittermann, Michael S. ; Sariyildiz, I. Sevil ; Ciftcioglu, Özer. / Blur in human vision and increased visual realism in virtual environments. Advances in Visual Computing - Third International Symposium, ISVC 2007, Proceedings. PART 1. ed. Springer Verlag, 2007. pp. 137-148 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); PART 1).

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Bittermann, MS, Sariyildiz, IS & Ciftcioglu, Ö 2007, Blur in human vision and increased visual realism in virtual environments. in Advances in Visual Computing - Third International Symposium, ISVC 2007, Proceedings. PART 1 edn, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), no. PART 1, vol. 4841 LNCS, Springer Verlag, pp. 137-148, 3rd International Symposium on Visual Computing, ISVC 2007, Lake Tahoe, NV, United States, 26/11/07. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-76858-6_14

Blur in human vision and increased visual realism in virtual environments. / Bittermann, Michael S.; Sariyildiz, I. Sevil; Ciftcioglu, Özer.
Advances in Visual Computing - Third International Symposium, ISVC 2007, Proceedings. PART 1. ed. Springer Verlag, 2007. p. 137-148 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); Vol. 4841 LNCS, No. PART 1).

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