Localization of a Time-Delayed, Monocular Virtual Object Superimposed on a Real Environment

  • Authors:
  • Jeffrey W. McCandless;Stephen R. Ellis;Bernard D. Adelstein

  • Affiliations:
  • San Jose State University Foundation, M.S. 262-2, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, jmccandless@mail.arc.nasa.gov;NASA Ames Research Center M.S. 262-2, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA 94035-1000, silly@eos.arc.nasa.gov and Send reprint requests to this author.;NASA Ames Research Center, bda@eos.arc.nasa.gov

  • Venue:
  • Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments
  • Year:
  • 2000

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Abstract

Observers adjusted a pointer to match the depicted distance of a monocular virtual object viewed in a see-through, had-mounted display. Distance information was available through motion parallax produced as the observers rocked side to side. The apparent stability of the virtual object was impaired by a time delay between the observers' head motions and the corresponding change in the object position on the display. Localizations were made for four time delays (31 ms, 64 ms, 131 ms, and 197 ms) and three depicted distances (75 cm, 95 cm, and 113 cm). The errors in localizations increased systematically with time delay and depicted distance. A model of the results shows that the judgment error and lateral projected position of the virtual object are each linearly related to time delay.