Distance estimation in virtual and real environments using bisection

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 253, Issue , 2007, Pages 35-40

  Bodenheimer, Bobby ^a   Meng, Jingjing ^a   Wu, Haojie ^a   Narasimham, Gayathri ^a   Rump, Bjoern ^a   McNamara, Timothy P ^a   Carr, Thomas H ^a   Rieser, John J ^a  

^a VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance bisection; Distance perception; Fractionation; Virtual reality (VR)

Indexed keywords

BISECTION JUDGMENTS; DISTANCE BISECTIONS; DISTANCE PERCEPTIONS; NONLINEAR DISTANCES;

ERROR ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR SYSTEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 36849033564     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1272582.1272589     Document Type: Conference Paper

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