Persuading visual attention through geometry
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Methods to Explore the Influence of Top-down Visual Processes on Motor Behavior
Published on: April 16, 2014
Youngmin Kim1, Amitabh Varshney
1Department of Computer Science and UMIACS, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA. ymkim@cs.umd.edu
Abstract:
Artists, illustrators, photographers, and cinematographers have long used the principles of contrast and composition to guide visual attention. In this paper we introduce geometry modification as a tool to persuasively direct visual attention. We build upon recent advances in mesh saliency to develop techniques to alter geometry to elicit greater visual attention. Eye-tracking-based user studies show that our approach successfully guides user attention in a statistically significant manner. Our approach operates directly on geometry, and therefore, produces view-independent results that can be used with existing view-dependent techniques of visual persuasion.
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