Investigating the usefulness of Quantum Blur

TL;DR

This paper explores the 'Quantum Blur' method, demonstrating how quantum resources can be used for creative procedural effects and analyzing its features compared to classical blur, highlighting the role of quantum phenomena.

Contribution

It provides the first analysis of the 'Quantum Blur' method, linking its features to quantum phenomena and assessing its usefulness for creative applications.

Findings

Quantum Blur leverages superposition and entanglement.

Features depend on quantum phenomena, influencing usefulness.

Comparison shows potential advantages over classical blur.

Abstract

Though some years remain before quantum computation can fully outperform conventional computation, it already provides resources that can be used for exploratory purposes in various fields. This includes certain tasks for procedural generation in computer games, music and art. The so-called `Quantum Blur' method represents the first step on this journey, providing a simple proof-of-principle example of how quantum software can be useful in these areas today. Here we analyse the `Quantum Blur' method and compare it to conventional blur effects. This investigation was guided by discussions with the most prominent user of the method, to determine which features were found most useful. In particular we determine how these features depend on the quantum phenomena of superposition and entanglement.