Re: occlusion?

[T3D Andrew Woods <andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim Crowell wrote:
> At 10:21 AM 11/28/96, T3D Peter Abrahams wrote:
> >> stereo
> >>depth cues saying it is close and occlusion depth cues saying it
> >>is behind the window   --A. Woods
> >
> >Is 'occlusion' a standard term in this context?
> 
> Definitely.  If a contour of one object meets a contour of another at a "T"
> junction, that provides information that one is behind the other.

Another term is interposition.  Basically if one object occludes or
blocks the view of another object, you know that the first object
is closer than the second object.

Andrew.


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