Egocentric depth judgments in optical, see-through augmented reality

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 429-442

  Swan II, J Edward ^a,b   Jones, Adam ^b   Kolstad, Eric ^b   Livingston, Mark A ^a,c   Smallman, Harvey S ^d  

^a IEEE

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Pacific Science and Engineering Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Artificial; Augmented; Depth perception; Ergonomics; Evaluation methodology; Experimentation; Measurement; Optical see through augmented reality; Performance; Screen design; Virtual realities

Indexed keywords

EGOCENTRIC DEPTH JUDGMENTS; OPAQUE SURFACES; OPTICAL SEE-THROUGH AUGMENTED REALITY; SCREEN DESIGN;

COMPUTER VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; ERGONOMICS; OBJECT RECOGNITION; X RAYS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HUMANS; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE;

EID: 33947597937     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2007.1035     Document Type: Conference Paper

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