Depth-of-Field Blur Effects for First-Person Navigation in Virtual Environments

Author

Hillaire, Sébastien ; Lecuyer, A. ; Cozot, Rémi ; Casiez, Géry

Author_Institution

INRIA, Issy-les-Moulineaux

Volume

28

Issue

6

fYear

2008

Firstpage

47

Lastpage

55

Abstract

Depth-of-field blur effects are well-known depth cues in human vision. Computer graphics pipelines added DOF effects early to enhance imagery realism, but real-time VR applications haven´t yet introduced visual blur effects. The authors describe new techniques to improve blur rendering and report experimental results from a prototype video game implementation.

Keywords

computer games; rendering (computer graphics); virtual reality; blur rendering; computer graphics pipeline; depth-of-field blur effect; first-person navigation; human vision depth cue; imagery realism enhancement; multiplayer first-person-shooter video game; real-time virtual reality application; virtual environment; virtual image; Application software; Computer graphics; Games; Humans; Navigation; Pipelines; Prototypes; Rendering (computer graphics); Virtual environment; Virtual reality; GPGPU; accommodation; depth-of-field blur; first-person-navigation; focalization; videogames; visual blur; Computer Graphics; Depth Perception; Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted; Information Storage and Retrieval; Locomotion; Orientation; Software; User-Computer Interface;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0272-1716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MCG.2008.113

Filename

4670100