EXPERT EVALUATION OF A NOVEL LIGHT-FIELD VISUALIZATION FORMAT

Abstract

Light-field visualization is continuously emerging in industrial sectors, and the appearance on the consumer market is approaching. Yet this process is halted, or at least slowed down, by the lack of proper display-independent light-field formats. Such formats are necessary to enable the efficient interchange between light-field content creation and visualization, and thus support potential future use case scenarios of this technology. In this paper, we introduce the results of a perceived quality assessment research, performed on our own novel light-field visualization format. The subjective tests, which compared conventional linear camera array visualization to our format, were completed by experts only, thus quality assessment was an expert evaluation. We aim to use the findings gathered in this research to carry out a large-scale subjective test series in the future, with non-expert observers.