Overestimation of heights in virtual reality is influenced more by perceived distal size than by the 2-D versus 3-D dimensionality of the display

Perception

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 103-112

  Dixon, Melissa W ^a   Proffitt, Dennis R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AUDIOVISUAL EQUIPMENT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS; NOTE; PERCEPTION; VISUAL ILLUSION;

NASA CENTER ARC; NASA DISCIPLINE SPACE HUMAN FACTORS;

ADULT; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; MOTION PICTURES; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; SIZE PERCEPTION;

EID: 0036371461     PISSN: 03010066     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1068/p3053     Document Type: Article

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