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Space Perception in Virtual Environments: Displacement from the Center of Projection Causes Less Distortion than Predicted by Cue-Based Models
ACM Transactions on Applied Perception
  • Jonathan W. Kelly, Iowa State University
  • Melissa Burton, Iowa State University
  • Brice Pollock, Iowa State University
  • Eduardo Rubio, Iowa State University
  • Michael Curtis, Iowa State University
  • Julio de la Cruz, United States Army Research Laboratory
  • Stephen B Gilbert, Iowa State University
  • Eliot H. Winer, Iowa State University
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Publication Date
10-1-2013
DOI
10.1145/2536764.2536765
Abstract

Virtual reality systems commonly include both monocular and binocular depth cues, which have the potential to provide viewers with a realistic impression of spatial properties of the virtual environment. However, when multiple viewers share the same display, only one viewer typically receives the projectively correct images. All other viewers experience the same images despite displacement from the center of projection (CoP). Three experiments evaluated perceptual distortions caused by displacement from the CoP and compared those percepts to predictions of models based on monocular and binocular viewing geometry. Leftward and rightward displacement from the CoP caused virtual angles on the ground plane to be judged as larger and smaller, respectively, compared to judgments from the CoP. Backward and forward displacement caused rectangles on the ground plane to be judged as larger and smaller in depth, respectively, compared to judgments from the CoP. Judgment biases were in the same direction as cue-based model predictions but of smaller magnitude. Displacement from the CoP had asymmetric effects on perceptual judgments, unlike model predictions. Perceptual distortion occurred with monocular cues alone but was exaggerated when binocular cues were added. The results are grounded in terms of practical implications for multiuser virtual environments.

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This article is published as Kelly, Jonathan W., Melissa Burton, Brice Pollock, Eduardo Rubio, Michael Curtis, Julio De La Cruz, Stephen Gilbert, and Eliot Winer. "Space perception in virtual environments: Displacement from the center of projection causes less distortion than predicted by cue-based models." ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (TAP) 10, no. 4 (2013): 18. DOI: 10.1145/2536764.2536765.

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Jonathan W. Kelly, Melissa Burton, Brice Pollock, Eduardo Rubio, et al.. "Space Perception in Virtual Environments: Displacement from the Center of Projection Causes Less Distortion than Predicted by Cue-Based Models" ACM Transactions on Applied Perception Vol. 10 Iss. 4 (2013) p. 18
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