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Distance Field Illumination: A Rendering Method to Aid in Navigation of Virtual Environments

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Advances in Visual Computing (ISVC 2010)

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In this paper we introduce a new use for distance fields: lighting of three dimensional environments to assist in navigation. Studies on visual search have shown that it is easy to locate an object if it has contrast in color or luminance with other elements in the scene. Since luminance and color guide visual attention, their application to aid in navigation is a natural extension. A user study comparing distance field illumination with existing navigational aids verifies the effectiveness of the new technique.

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  1. The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA

    Matt Boggus & Roger Crawfis

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  1. Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, 89557, Reno, NV, USA

    George Bebis

  2. Moffett Field, NASA Ames Research Center, 94035, CA, USA

    Richard Boyle

  3. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Bahram Parvin

  4. Desert Research Institute, Reno, NV, USA

    Darko Koracin

  5. The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong, China

    Ronald Chung

  6. Dyna Vox Systems, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Riad Hammound

  7. King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Muhammad Hussain

  8. Hewlett Packard Labs, Paolo Alto, CA, USA

    Tan Kar-Han

  9. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

    Roger Crawfis

  10. Virtual Reality Lab, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

    Daniel Thalmann

  11. NASA Ames Research Center, Clifton Park, NY, USA

    David Kao

  12. Kitware, Clifton Park, NY, USA

    Lisa Avila

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Boggus, M., Crawfis, R. (2010). Distance Field Illumination: A Rendering Method to Aid in Navigation of Virtual Environments. In: Bebis, G., et al. Advances in Visual Computing. ISVC 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 6454. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17274-8_49

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