… Inferences on the material of a surface are possible, because different materials structure
light in a characteristic way. However, linking reflected light to the material properties of the …

… space, compared with smoother surfaces. This finding revealed that generic computations
of image contrast could be used to infer shape from shading across objects varying in opacity. …

… In [19], they propose a method to infer high dynamic range … is proposed to estimate shape
and spatially varying reflectance… virtual specularity, we must recover the surface’s specular …

… of specular reflections is determined by whatever surfaces … ’ of surface shading that the
visual system exploits to infer the … 3D shape and reflectance (material) properties of the surface …

… estimates the surface normal, diffuse albedo, specularity, and … the core, are reflections on
the surface, explicitly model these … Hence, our framework is much faster in inference time. The …

… Of the latter, methods relying on diffuse reflection (eg, fringe projection, laser triangulation) …
surface shapes) or embrace specular reflection and wield the power of deflectometry. …

… surfaces that exhibit specular reflection behavior. A series of patterns are displayed on the
LCD screen, and the camera observes them indirectly through their reflection on the surface. …

… needs to be known to infer shape or shape needs to be known to infer material. Here, we offer
… The leftmost image depicts the specular reflections generated by a smooth bumpy surface …

… threshold but also simpler inferences than a fully accurate … For every surface geometry,
we rendered a plain surface … used the specular reflections from a randomly chosen different …

… our daily interactions with objects and surfaces, from inferring tactile information (is it smooth…
structure produced by specular reflections not only affects how glossy a surface looks, it can …