Sensitivity to scene motion for phases of head yaws

In order to better understand how scene motion is perceived in immersive virtual environments and to provide guidelines for designing more useable systems, we measured sensitivity to scene motion for different phases of quasi-sinusoidal head yaw motions. We measured and compared scene-velocity thresholds for nine subjects across three conditions: visible With head rotation (W) where the scene is presented during the center part of sinusoidal head yaws and the scene moves in the same direction the head is rotating, visible Against head rotation (A) where the scene is presented during the center part of sinusoidal head yaws and the scene moves in the opposite direction the head is rotating, and visible at the Edge of head rotation (E) where the scene is presented at the extreme of sinusoidal head yaws and the scene moves during the time that head direction changes. The W condition had a significantly higher threshold (decreased sensitivity) than both the E and A conditions. The median t...

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2008
• Where: APGV
• Authors: Jason Jerald, Tabitha C. Peck, Frank Steinicke, Mary C. Whitton
• Keywords: APGV 2008, Head Rotation, Head Yaws, Sinusoidal Head Yaws, Visualization