Visually Perceived Distance Judgments: Tablet-Based Augmented Reality Versus the Real World

International Journal of Human-Computer Interaction

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 2017, Pages 576-591

  Swan, J Edward ^a   Kuparinen, Liisa ^b   Rapson, Scott ^c   Sandor, Christian ^d  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d NARA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUGMENTED REALITY; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; NAVIGATION SYSTEMS;

AR APPLICATION; EXPERIMENTAL PROTOCOLS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; PERCEIVED DISTANCES; PERCEPTUAL PSYCHOLOGY; PICTURE PERCEPTION; VIRTUAL HUMANS; VIRTUAL OBJECTS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 85011306004     PISSN: 10447318     EISSN: 15327590     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10447318.2016.1265783     Document Type: Article

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