A highly glossy plane with small, smooth deformations viewed at an oblique angle with a light source near the horizon can produce specular reflections. The resulting specular reflections appear as long columns, oriented toward the viewer. Under the right conditions the specularities appear as illusory vertical columns below the surface, rather than as highlights on the surface. This illusion can generally be seen by observing the moon over water at night, or car headlights on a wet street. If there are several light sources the illusion of columns can be strengthened. We hypothesized that the illusion is due to the orientation of the envelope of the specularities corresponding to vertical columns, creating a vanishing point in the directio...
SummaryThe amount and spectral content of the light reflected by most natural surfaces depends on th...
AbstractTwo experiments are reported in which observers judged the sign and magnitude of surface cur...
Specular surfaces and refractive media are difficult to distinguish from each other because they bot...
<div><p>Shading is known to produce vivid perceptions of depth. However, the influence of specular h...
Specularities on surfaces with tangential hairs or grooves are readily observable in nature. Exampl...
Shading is known to produce vivid perceptions of depth. However, the influence of specular highlight...
ABSTRACT—Visible surfaces in a natural environment often have multiple components of reflectance, in...
(a) matte (b) glossy Figure 1: Sample surfaces at a slant of θ = 60 ◦ and a light slant of φ = 120◦....
AbstractAdelson has shown how two patches in a 5 by 5 array of grey patches can be perceived to cons...
AbstractWe investigated the perception of local surface orientation on a simple smooth object, under...
We investigated the perception of local surface orientation on a simple smooth object, under several...
Colour constancy refers to our visual ability to identify the colour of objects under different illu...
An orientation matching task was used to evaluate observers ’ sensitivity to local surface orienta-t...
We present a framework of specularity pattern to interpret the interaction between specularities and...
International audienceSpecularities, which are often visible in images, may be problematic in comput...
SummaryThe amount and spectral content of the light reflected by most natural surfaces depends on th...
AbstractTwo experiments are reported in which observers judged the sign and magnitude of surface cur...
Specular surfaces and refractive media are difficult to distinguish from each other because they bot...
<div><p>Shading is known to produce vivid perceptions of depth. However, the influence of specular h...
Specularities on surfaces with tangential hairs or grooves are readily observable in nature. Exampl...
Shading is known to produce vivid perceptions of depth. However, the influence of specular highlight...
ABSTRACT—Visible surfaces in a natural environment often have multiple components of reflectance, in...
(a) matte (b) glossy Figure 1: Sample surfaces at a slant of θ = 60 ◦ and a light slant of φ = 120◦....
AbstractAdelson has shown how two patches in a 5 by 5 array of grey patches can be perceived to cons...
AbstractWe investigated the perception of local surface orientation on a simple smooth object, under...
We investigated the perception of local surface orientation on a simple smooth object, under several...
Colour constancy refers to our visual ability to identify the colour of objects under different illu...
An orientation matching task was used to evaluate observers ’ sensitivity to local surface orienta-t...
We present a framework of specularity pattern to interpret the interaction between specularities and...
International audienceSpecularities, which are often visible in images, may be problematic in comput...
SummaryThe amount and spectral content of the light reflected by most natural surfaces depends on th...
AbstractTwo experiments are reported in which observers judged the sign and magnitude of surface cur...
Specular surfaces and refractive media are difficult to distinguish from each other because they bot...