Peripheral stimulation and its effect on perceived spatial scale in virtual environments

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 701-710

  Jones, J Adam ^a   Swan III, J Edward ^b   Bolas, Mark ^a  

^a University of Southern California   (United States)

^b MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Distance judgments; Field of view; Periphery; Spatial perception; Virtual environments

Indexed keywords

DISTANCE JUDGMENTS; FIELD OF VIEWS; OBSERVER PERFORMANCE; PERIPHERY; PSYCHOPHYSICAL; SPATIAL PERCEPTION; VERY LARGE FIELD OF VIEW; VIRTUAL SPACES;

COMPUTER GRAPHICS; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

ADULT; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ASSOCIATION; COMPUTER ASSISTED DIAGNOSIS; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOSTIMULATION; PHYSIOLOGY; THREE DIMENSIONAL IMAGING; VISION;

ADULT; ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; CUES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMAGE ENHANCEMENT; IMAGE INTERPRETATION, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; PHOTIC STIMULATION; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; VISUAL PERCEPTION;

EID: 84883481070     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2013.37     Document Type: Article

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