BACKGROUND Consumer preference is rapidly changing from 2D to 3D movies due to the sensational effects of 3D scenes, like those in Avatar and The Hobbit. Two 3D viewing technologies are available: active shutter glasses and passive polarized glasses. However, there are consistent reports of discomfort while viewing in 3D mode where the discomfort may refer to dizziness, headaches, nausea or sim...

This paper describes a software prototype which allows visual composition and manipulation of everyday sounds based on a suggested concept called "Auditory Scenes" [3]. The description of user interface components in the Java software prototype is the main topic of this paper. The concept of "Auditory Scenes" assumes various perceptual attributes for each individual sound in the scene as well a...

This paper focuses on the problem of calibration from a single view and a map of a scene. This situation arises quite often when modelling urban scenes, e.g. for augmented reality purposes. We show how some scenes constraints can be used to achieve a calibration like procedure. An example excerpted from a sequence of pictures for which selfcalibration-like techniques consistently fail illustrat...

Artists, advertisers, and photographers are routinely presented with the task of creating an image that a viewer will remember. While it may seem like image memorability is purely subjective, recent work shows that it is not an inexplicable phenomenon: variation in memorability of images is consistent across subjects, suggesting that some images are intrinsically more memorable than others, ind...

Auditory objects, like their visual counterparts, are perceptually defined constructs, but nevertheless must arise from underlying neural circuitry. Using magnetoencephalography (MEG) recordings of the neural responses of human subjects listening to complex auditory scenes, we review studies that demonstrate that auditory objects are indeed neurally represented in auditory cortex. The studies u...

We modeled hunting demand among resident hunters in the Southeastern United States. Our model revealed that future hunting demand will likely decline in this region. Population growth in the region will increase demand but structural change in the region's demography (e.g., "browning" and "aging "), along with declining forestland access will decrease hunting demand. The results suggested that ...

Purpose. Color-vision deficiency is associated with abnormalities in color matching and color discrimination, but its impact on the ability of people to judge the constancy of surface colors under different lights (color constancy) is less clear. This work had two aims: first, to quantify the degree of color constancy in subjects with congenital red-green color deficiency; second, to test wheth...