We quantitatively analyze the rendering quality of image-based rendering (IBR) algorithms using per-pixel depth. Assuming the ideal pinhole camera model, we extend the error aggregation framework proposed in a companion paper to 2D occluded scenes and 3D unoccluded scenes. For 2D occluded scenes, we measure the effects of jumps in sample intervals around the discontinuities of the virtual image...

The parahippocampal cortex (PHC) has been implicated in both place/scene processing and episodic memory. We proposed that this region should instead be seen as intrinsically mediating contextual associations and not place/scene processing or episodic memory exclusively. Given that place/scene processing and episodic memory both rely on associations, this modified framework provides a platform f...

This engineering brief reports on the production of 3 object-based audio drama scenes, commissioned as part of the S3A project. 3D reproduction and an object-based workflow were considered and implemented from the initial script commissioning through to the final mix of the scenes. The scenes are being made available as Broadcast Wave Format files containing all objects as separate tracks and a...

Figure-ground organization and border-ownership assignment are essential for understanding natural scenes. It has been shown that many neurons in the macaque visual cortex signal border-ownership in displays of simple geometric shapes such as squares, but how well these neurons resolve border-ownership in natural scenes is not known. We studied area V2 neurons in behaving macaques with static i...

Spontaneous encoding of the visual environment depends on the behavioral relevance of the task performed simultaneously. If participants identify target letters or auditory tones while viewing a series of briefly presented natural and urban scenes, they demonstrate effective scene recognition only when a target, but not a behaviorally irrelevant distractor, appears together with the scene. Here...

Additional results on real scenes We show four additional scenes captured by the Nexus5 cellphone camera in Figure A1 and seven scenes captured by the Samsung S3 cellphone camera in Figure A2. Among the seven Samsung scenes, three of them already appeared in [9]. Here we also show flow field estimations in addition to the depth map estimations. The scene, camera and imaging conditions of all ou...

Previous studies have suggested that face memory is unique; however, evidence is inconclusive. To further explore this issue, we investigated recognition memory for unfamiliar faces and scenes. Participants (n = 123) intentionally memorized the stimuli and then engaged in recognition tests. Recognition was measured following short (20 minutes) and long (3 weeks) retention intervals. Encoding st...

We show images of all 14 initial scenes in our benchmark in Fig. 1. They consist of 7 outdoor and 7 indoor scenes. Numerous scenes contain thin structures such as the trees in forest, or a rope in playground. Several scenes also contain large homogeneous or reflective surfaces such as the floor in pipes and terrains, the walls in office, or some doors in electro. These elements make the scenes ...

Attention Restoration Theory (ART) states that built scenes place greater load on attentional resources than natural scenes. This is explained in terms of "hard" and "soft" fascination of built and natural scenes. Given a lack of direct empirical evidence for this assumption we propose that perceptual saliency of scene content can function as an empirically derived indicator of fascination. Sal...

Simultanagnosia is a disorder of visual attention resulting from bilateral parieto-occipital lesions. Healthy individuals look at eyes to infer people's attentional states, but simultanagnosics allocate abnormally few fixations to eyes in scenes. It is unclear why simultanagnosics fail to fixate eyes, but it might reflect that they are (a) unable to locate and fixate them, or (b) do not priorit...