Tracking Active Observers in 3D Visuo-Cognitive Tasks

Most past and present research in computer vision involves passively observed data. Humans, however, are active observers in real life; they explore, search, select what and how to look. In this work, we present a psychophysical experimental setup for active, visual observation in a 3D world dubbed PESAO. The goal was to design PESAO for various active perception tasks with human subjects (active observers) capable of tracking the head and gaze.