Seeing depth coherence and transparency

Seeing depth coherence and transparency.

Gratings with different disparities are sometimes seen as transparent surfaces, each with a distinct depth, when they are superimposed, and sometimes they are seen as a coherent plaid confined to a single depth plane--stereo analogs of transparent and coherent motion. Briefly presented sinusoidal gratings of similar spatial frequencies are seen to cohere in depth. The resulting plaid generally ...

Network Transparency: Seeing the Neutral Network

Bayesian Models for Seeing Shapes and Depth

We review coniputational models of shape and deprh perception and relate them to visual psychophysics. The Bayesian approach to vision provides a fruitful theoretical framework both for modeling individual modules, such ils stcrco, shading, tcxturc, and o c c l u ~ i ~ n . and for intcgrating thcir informatiom. In this formalism we represent depth by one, o r more, surfaces with prior probabili...

Monocular transparency generates quantitative depth

Monocular zones adjacent to depth steps can create an impression of depth in the absence of binocular disparity. However, the magnitude of depth is not specified. We designed a stereogram that provides information about depth magnitude but which has no disparity. The effect depends on transparency rather than occlusion. For most subjects, depth magnitude produced by monocular transparency was s...

Bayesian Models for Seeing Shapes and Depth

We review coniputational models of shape and deprh perception and relate them to visual psychophysics. The Bayesian approach to vision provides a fruitful theoretical framework both for modeling individual modules, such ils stcrco, shading, tcxturc, and o c c l u ~ i ~ n . and for intcgrating thcir informatiom. In this formalism we represent depth by one, o r more, surfaces with prior probabili...