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Diagnosing perceptual distortion present in group stereoscopic viewing
Psychology Conference Papers, Posters, and Presentations
  • Melissa Burton, Iowa State University
  • Brice Pollock, Iowa State University
  • Jonathan W. Kelly, Iowa State University
  • Stephen B. Gilbert, Iowa State University
  • Eliot H. Winer, Iowa State University
  • Julio de la Cruz, U.S. Army RDECOM/STTC
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Conference
Human Vision and Electronic Imaging XVII
Publication Date
2-9-2012
DOI
doi:10.1117/12.912184
Geolocation
(37.5778696, -122.34809000000001)
Abstract
Stereoscopic displays are an increasingly prevalent tool for experiencing virtual environments, and the inclusion of stereo has the potential to improve distance perception within the virtual environment. When multiple users simultaneously view the same stereoscopic display, only one user experiences the projectively correct view of the virtual environment, and all other users view the same stereoscopic images while standing at locations displaced from the center of projection (CoP). This study was designed to evaluate the perceptual distortions caused by displacement from the CoP when viewing virtual objects in the context of a virtual scene containing stereo depth cues. Judgments of angles were distorted after leftward and rightward displacement from the CoP. Judgments of object depth were distorted after forward and backward displacement from the CoP. However, perceptual distortions of angle and depth were smaller than predicted by a ray-intersection model based on stereo viewing geometry. Furthermore, perceptual distortions were asymmetric, leading to different patterns of distortion depending on the direction of displacement. This asymmetry also conflicts with the predictions of the ray-intersection model. The presence of monocular depth cues might account for departures from model predictions.
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This is a conference proceeding from Proceedings of SPIE 8291 (2012): 1, doi:10.1117/12.912184. Posted with permission.

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Language
en
Citation Information
Melissa Burton, Brice Pollock, Jonathan W. Kelly, Stephen B. Gilbert, et al.. "Diagnosing perceptual distortion present in group stereoscopic viewing" Burlingame, California(2012)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/jonathan_kelly/13/