A case study evaluation: perceptually accurate textured surface models

  • Authors:
  • Greg Ward;Mashhuda Glencross

  • Affiliations:
  • Dolby Canada;University of Manchester

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 6th Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

This paper evaluates a new method for capturing surfaces with variations in albedo, height, and local orientation using a standard digital camera with three flash units. Similar to other approaches, captured areas are assumed to be globally flat and largely diffuse. Fortunately, this encompasses a wide array of interesting surfaces, including most materials found in the built environment, e.g., masonry, fabrics, floor coverings, and textured paints. We present a case study of naïve subjects who found that surfaces captured with our method, when rendered under novel lighting and view conditions, were statistically indistinguishable from photographs. This is a significant improvement over previous methods, to which our results are also compared.