Distortion of depth perception in virtual environments using stereoscopic displays: Quantitative assessment and corrective measures

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 6803, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Kleiber, Michael ^a   Winkelholz, Carsten ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER FKIE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Depth cue; Depth perception; Space perception; Stereoscopic displays; Virtual environments; Visual perception

Indexed keywords

DEPTH PERCEPTION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SPECIAL EFFECTS; VIRTUAL REALITY; VISUALIZATION;

CORRECTIVE MEASURES; STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAYS;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 42949122576     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.766462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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