Revisiting the effect of quality of graphics on distance judgments in virtual environments: A comparison of verbal reports and blind walking

Attention, Perception, and Psychophysics

Volumn 71, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1284-1293

  Kunz, Benjamin R ^a   Wouters, Leah ^a   Smith, Daniel ^a   Thompson, William B ^a   Creem Regehr, Sarah H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER GRAPHICS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; CONCEPT FORMATION; DECISION MAKING; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMAN; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PERCEPTION; PERCEPTIVE DISCRIMINATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; VISUAL ILLUSION; WALKING;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; CONCEPT FORMATION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; DISCRIMINATION (PSYCHOLOGY); DISTANCE PERCEPTION; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; OPTICAL ILLUSIONS; ORIENTATION; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PERCEPTUAL MASKING; SENSORY DEPRIVATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VERBAL BEHAVIOR; WALKING;

EID: 70349485419     PISSN: 19433921     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/APP.71.6.1284     Document Type: Article

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