Digital Embryos
Digital Embryos
Camouflaged visual scenes created using digital embryos.
These two scenes have a single foreground object in common. Can you identify this object?
Each object in each scene is a digital embryo. Digital embryos are naturalistic, virtual 3-D objects. They are created by simulating many
of the processes of embryonic development, such as cell division, cell growth and cell death. A given set of simulation parameters creates
a unique, novel and naturalistic 3-D shape.
By the changing the simulation paramters, one can create a completely different digital embryo. The above scene is created by compositing
many subjects in depth, and by applying user-defined texture and use-defined illumination. Since the digital embryo methodology allows the
experimentor precise control of every aspect of a visual scene, we use it extensively in our research.
Also visit the related webpages of
Dr. Daniel Kersten of University of Minnesota and of
Dr. Mark Brady of North Dakota State University.