Multiple viewpoint rendering for three-dimensional displays

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Program in Media Arts & Sciences, 1997.Includes bibliographical references (leaves 159-164).Michael W. Halle.Ph.D

Engineering Data Compendium. Human Perception and Performance, Volume 1

The concept underlying the Engineering Data Compendium was the product an R and D program (Integrated Perceptual Information for Designers project) aimed at facilitating the application of basic research findings in human performance to the design of military crew systems. The principal objective was to develop a workable strategy for: (1) identifying and distilling information of potential value to system design from existing research literature, and (2) presenting this technical information in a way that would aid its accessibility, interpretability, and applicability by system designers. The present four volumes of the Engineering Data Compendium represent the first implementation of this strategy. This is Volume 1, which contains sections on Visual Acquisition of Information, Auditory Acquisition of Information, and Acquisition of Information by Other Senses

Multimodal eye\u27s optical quality (MEOQ)

This document summarizes the work done during the implementation of the Multimodal Eye\u27s Optical Quality (MEOQ) system, a measurement device that integrates a double-pass (DP) instrument and a Hartmann-Shack (HS) sensor. The system has been used to quantify scattering in the human eye. Moreover, the configurable properties of the system have been used to explore a method for reducing speckle in systems that rely on reflections of light in the ocular fundus

Visual interactions with optical displays with particular reference to biocular magnifiers

Optical systems of large aperture which allow observers to view with both eyes a magnified image of a small object are now known as Biocular Magnifiers. For high magnification lenses of numerical apertures approaching unity are required and the control of aberrations becomes difficult. As the normal visual apparatus has adjustments for accommodation and vergence together with the fusion compulsion it may be able to accept larger aberrations in a magnifier than a photographic plate, say, can tolerate aberrations in a camera lens. Unfortunately, much more is known about visual thresholds than visual tolerances and no design specifications are available

An Opto-Mechanical Apparatus for Binocular Helmholtz Stereopsis in Static and Dynamic Scenes

This paper presents an opto-mechanical apparatus for binocular stereopsis based on the Helmholtz reciprocity principle. The proposed system makes it possible to obtain three-dimensional models of static and dynamic scenes with arbitrary reflectance properties including highly specular surfaces and holograms. We also propose an empirical methodology for the treatment of occlusions that improves the description of half-occluded areas. Experimental results with real images validate the proposed system. 1