Review 3D Shape. Its Unique Place in Visual Perception.

precisely, human perception of shape work? This is one of the central questions of this book. However, from my point of view as a researcher in the field of e-Humanities, the most interesting aspect of Pizlo’s work is his application of this approach to machine vision. In 3D Shape, Pizlo describes how we perceive shapes and proposes how machines might be de-signed to see shapes as we do. His approach offers a theoretical treatment of how the perception of 3D shape is produced from a 2D retinal image. It also makes clear the consequences and possibilities of machine vision for computational design. Pizlo begins by surveying the history and state of the art of shape perception research. This survey of the re