Eye height scaling of absolute size in immersive and nonimmersive displays

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 582-593

  Dixon, Melissa W ^b   Wraga, Maryjane ^c   Proffitt, Dennis R ^c   Williams, George C ^a  

^a Fakespace Labs   (United States)

^b Federal Data Corporation   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS;

ADULT; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; SIZE PERCEPTION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 0034168767     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.26.2.582     Document Type: Article

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