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SMPTE Motion Imaging Journal ( Volume: 121, Issue: 4, May 2012)
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Stereoscopy and the Human Visual System

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Publisher
SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type
Journal Article
Content Type
Original Research
Abbreviated Title
SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume
121, No. 4, pp. 24–43
Abstract
Stereoscopic displays have become important for many applications, including operation of remote devices, medical imaging, surgery, scientific visualization, and computer-assisted design. But the most significant and exciting development is the incorporation of stereo technology into entertainment: specifically, cinema, television, and video games. In these applications for stereo, three-dimensional (3D) imagery should create a faithful impression of the 3D structure of the scene being portrayed. In addition, the viewer should be comfortable and not leave the experience with eye fatigue or a headache. Finally, the presentation of the stereo images should not create temporal artifacts like flicker or motion judder. This paper reviews current research on stereo human vision and how it informs us about how best to create and present stereo 3D imagery. The paper is divided into four parts: (1) getting the geometry right, (2) depth cue interactions in stereo 3D media, (3) focusing and fixating on stereo images, and (4) how temporal presentation protocols affect flicker, motion artifacts, and depth distortion.
Publication Date
2012-05-01
DOI
10.5594/j18173
ISSN
Print: 1545-0279
Link
https://doi.org/10.5594/j18173
Author(s)
Martin S. Banks
bio
Martin Banks received a bachelor's degree at Occidental College in 1970, majoring in psychology and minoring in physics. After a year in Germany, he entered graduate school, receiving a master's in psychology at University of California, San Diego in 1973 and Ph.D. in developmental psychology from the University of Minnesota in 1976. He was assistant and associate professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin from 1976–1985. Banks moved to UC Berkeley School of Optometry in 1985 where he is professor of optometry and vision science. He was chair of Vision Science from 1995–2002. Banks has received several awards for basic and applied research on topics including human visual development, visual space perception, the development and evaluation of stereoscopic displays, and inter-sensory perception.
Jenny C. A. Read
bio
Jenny Read studied physics at Oxford University, graduating in 1994, and stayed on to do a doctorate in theoretical astrophysics. She began her neuroscience career in 1997 with a Wellcome Trust Training Fellowship in mathematical biology from Oxford's Laboratory of Physiology, receiving an M.Sc. in neuroscience in 1999. In 2001, she moved to the U.S. to work at the National Eye Institute at the National Institutes of Health in Maryland. Since 2005, Read has been at Newcastle University in the northeast of England on a Royal Society University Research Fellowship. Her research includes computational models of disparity encoding and psychophysical measurement of depth perception.
Robert S. Allison
bio
Robert Allison is associate professor of computer science and engineering at York University in Toronto (Canada). He received a BASc in computer engineering from the University of Waterloo in 1991. After graduation, he worked as an electrical engineer at Atlantis Aerospace in Brampton, Canada, where he designed electronics for flight training devices. Following this, he completed a MASc in electrical engineering (biomedical engineering) from the University of Toronto before obtaining a Ph.D. specializing in stereoscopic vision from York University in 1998. He was on the experimental team for the 1998 Neurolab space shuttle mission and did post-doctoral research at York University and the University of Oxford. Allison works on perception of space and self-motion in virtual environments, the measurement and analysis of eye-movements, and stereoscopic vision.
Simon J. Watt
bio
Simon Watt received a bachelor's degree in psychology from Cardiff University, Wales, in 1994, and a masters in psychology from Surrey University, England, in 1996. He completed a Ph.D. in human vision and visuo-motor control at Surrey in 2001. He was then a postdoctoral researcher at the School of Optometry, UC Berkeley, before moving to a faculty position at the School of Psychology, Bangor University, Wales, in 2004, where he is now a senior lecturer. He does basic and applied research on several topics related to 3D perception and binocular vision. In particular, he works on perceptual and ergonomic problems with current 3D display technologies. He also carries out research on depth perception, how 3D vision is used to control everyday movements such as reaching to grasp, and how the brain combines 3D information across sensory modalities such as vision and touch.
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© 2012 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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