Specular Flow and the Perception of Surface Reflectance

Specular flow applied to random dots or random lines is not perceived as “shiny”. As the illumination sources become more “natural” the object is increasingly perceived as “shiny”. The further away the illumination sphere is, the less reflective the objects seem. This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. 78441. Results Single motion pattern with either diffuse (only dots) or specular reflection (dots or lines) visible