Virtual Reality System Effects on Size Distance Judgments in a Virtual Environment

  • Authors:
  • Robert G. Eggleston;William P. Janson;Kenneth A. Aldrich

  • Affiliations:
  • -;-;-

  • Venue:
  • VRAIS '96 Proceedings of the 1996 Virtual Reality Annual International Symposium (VRAIS 96)
  • Year:
  • 1996

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Abstract

This paper provides an assessment of how selected properties of a virtual reality system impact size-distance judgments in a virtual environment. Manipulations are made in viewing conditions (biocular vs. stereoscopic), image resolution, field of view, scene contrast, and target distance, while subjects attempt to match the attributes of a comparison object with a standard object. General findings suggest that under more natural viewing conditions, size-distance judgments in virtual environments differ from those found previously in physical environments; whereas, under impoverished conditions, performance differences between the two environments are similar.