Translucency is an optical and a perceptual phenomenon that characterizes subsurface light
transport through objects and materials. Translucency as an optical property of a material …

Our visual systems are remarkably adept at deriving the shape and material properties of
surfaces even when only one image of a surface is available. This ability implies that a …

It is easy to visually distinguish a ceramic knife from one made of steel, a leather jacket from
one made of denim, and a plush toy from one made of plastic. Most studies of material …

A fundamental problem in extracting scene structure is distinguishing different physical
sources of image structure. Light reflected by an opaque surface covaries with local surface …

Translucent objects (like fruit and wax) reflect and transmit incident light to generate complex
retinal image structure. Understanding how we visually perceive translucency from these …

When judging the optical properties of a translucent object, humans often look at sharp
geometric features such as edges and thin parts. An analysis of the physics of light transport …