COCO-Periph Dataset That Simulates Human Peripheral Vision to Help Models See the World More Like Humans Do

Hold your thumb up 👍 in front of this post and focus on it – notice how the surrounding words become blurry? That's because the central fovea in our retina provides the sharpest vision, while details and reliability decrease outside the focal point. In fact, our brain still picks up important information from that blurry periphery. For example, when you're driving and focusing on the traffic light, your peripheral vision can alert you to a pedestrian crossing the street, helping …

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