Posted by: minyouhotmail on: May 25, 2009
Chapter 2 is about what we can easily see. In the chapter the working of the eye is explained and related to our visual attention. OUr visual attention works like this; we move the spotlight of our attention by moving our eyes from point to point, picking out details. Generally we only have vague information [...]
Posted by: julielouwman on: May 25, 2009
It is very important to look at the way people perceive a map. The book explains an experiment an actor asks people on the street for directions, during the chat, the actor is replaced by a different actor and most people don’t even notice. Same sort of experiment is asking people to keep track [...]
Posted by: ufang on: May 24, 2009
Chapter 4- Color This chapter help us to know more about how should color be used in design. ○ There are two types of light receptor for human: rods (low light level) and cones (normal daytime version) ○ Human have few and weak blue-sensitive cones Blue + dark background = insufficient luminance contrast Yellow + [...]
Posted by: Haiyun Ying on: May 24, 2009
Chapter 3 – Structuring Two-Dimensional Space This chapter introduces how we perceive the objects and understand the patterns on 2-dimentional image-plane. ○ Finding the boundaries of objects is an important function of pattern-processing systems. ○ There are two kinds of processes involved in pattern perception. One has to do with dividing up-down space through [...]
