title: Combining binocular and monocular curvature features.
abstract: A study is reported of the perception of visual surfaces in wire-frame stimuli generated by combinations of monocular surface contours and binocular disparity that provide differing information about 3-D relief. Observers vary considerably in the relative contribution made by the binocular and monocular cues to the perception of overall 3-D form. Without training, many observers may entirely fail to perceive surface curvature from the binocular disparity patterns, interpreting the form of the surface only according to the monocular information. For other observers, both cues contribute to the end percept, with the monocular interpretation dominating where the disparity information indicates planarity and with disparity dominating where disparity information suggests curvature and the monocular interpretation suggests planarity. Where stereo and monocular interpretations indicate inconsistent surface curvature features at a common location, more complex resolution strategies are suggested.
authors.affiliation: Department of Computer Science, University of Oregon, Eugene 97403.
authors.forename: K A
authors.initials: KA
authors.lastname: Stevens
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Lees
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Brookes
mesh_terms: D003463:Cues; D003867:Depth Perception; D005556:Form Perception; D006801:Humans; D015357:Vision Disparity; D015348:Vision, Binocular; D015349:Vision, Monocular