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DiCE: Dichoptic Contrast Enhancement for VR and Stereo Displays

Zhong, Fangcheng; Koulieris, George-Alex; Drettakis, George; Banks, Martin S.; Chambe, Mathieu; Durand, Frédo; Mantiuk, Rafal

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Authors

Fangcheng Zhong

George Drettakis

Martin S. Banks

Mathieu Chambe

Frédo Durand

Rafal Mantiuk



Abstract

In stereoscopic displays, such as those used in VR/AR headsets, our eyes are presented with two different views. The disparity between the views is typically used to convey depth cues, but it could be also used to enhance image appearance. We devise a novel technique that takes advantage of binocular fusion to boost perceived local contrast and visual quality of images. Since the technique is based on fixed tone curves, it has negligible computational cost and it is well suited for real-time applications, such as VR rendering. To control the trade-off between contrast gain and binocular rivalry, we conduct a series of experiments to explain the factors that dominate rivalry perception in a dichoptic presentation where two images of different contrasts are displayed. With this new finding, we can effectively enhance contrast and control rivalry in mono- and stereoscopic images, and in VR rendering, as confirmed in validation experiments.

Citation

Zhong, F., Koulieris, G., Drettakis, G., Banks, M. S., Chambe, M., Durand, F., & Mantiuk, R. (2019). DiCE: Dichoptic Contrast Enhancement for VR and Stereo Displays. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 38(6), Article 211. https://doi.org/10.1145/3355089.3356552

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Aug 28, 2019
Online Publication Date Nov 16, 2019
Publication Date Nov 30, 2019
Deposit Date Sep 17, 2019
Publicly Available Date Dec 16, 2019
Journal ACM Transactions on Graphics
Print ISSN 0730-0301
Electronic ISSN 1557-7368
Publisher Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 38
Issue 6
Article Number 211
DOI https://doi.org/10.1145/3355089.3356552

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