What is 3D good for? A review of human performance on stereoscopic 3D displays

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 8383, Issue , 2012, Pages

  McIntire, John P ^a   Havig, Paul R ^a   Geiselman, Eric E ^a  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

binocular vision; depth perception; human factors; stereopsis; three dimensional display

Indexed keywords

3D SCENES; 3D TECHNOLOGY; DEPTH INFORMATION; GENERAL POPULATION; HUMAN PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE BENEFITS; RELATIVE DISTANCES; SPATIAL RELATIONSHIPS; STEREOPSIS; STEREOSCOPIC 3-D DISPLAY; STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY; TASK PERFORMANCE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL DISPLAY; TO EFFECT;

AVIATORS; AVIONICS; BINOCULAR VISION; DEPTH PERCEPTION; HELMET MOUNTED DISPLAYS; HUMAN ENGINEERING;

THREE DIMENSIONAL;

EID: 84864326333     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.920017     Document Type: Conference Paper

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