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SUMMARY:Predicting stereoscopic viewing comfort - Christian Richardt (Univ
 ersity of Cambridge)
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CONTACT:Christian Richardt
DESCRIPTION:Interest in stereoscopic 3D imagery has seen a resurgence in r
 ecent years. This development has been primarily driven by the computer ga
 ming and film industries\, which are taking advantage of the availability 
 of improved stereoscopic 3D display technology. However\, even the latest 
 stereoscopic 3D displays can lead to visual discomfort and fatigue.\n\nIn 
 this talk\, I will introduce a novel computational model for objectively a
 ssessing the visual comfort of stereoscopic 3D imagery. The model integrat
 es research in visual perception with tools from stereo computer vision to
  quantify the degree of stereo coherence between both stereo half-images. 
 The coherence scores computed by the model strongly correlate with human c
 omfort ratings\, as shown by a perceptual study. Based on these experiment
 s\, this talk further describes a taxonomy of stereo coherence issues whic
 h affect viewing comfort\, and how they can be identified and localised in
  stereoscopic 3D images using computational tools.\n\n_This talk is a rehe
 arsal for an upcoming talk at Computational Aesthetics 2011 in Vancouver\,
  Canada._\n\nFor the paper and supplementary material\, please see the "pr
 oject page":http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/research/rainbow/projects/stereocomfor
 t/.
LOCATION:Computer Laboratory\, William Gates Building\, Room SS03
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