Information Perceived in Simulated Scenes Displayed with Reduced Field of View: A Further Experiment.

Abstract

A previous experiment revealed that subjects perceive variation in three different properties of flight simulator visual scenes during low-altitude, high-speed flight. When field of view was reduced, however, the same scene elements were no longer perceived as being uniquely different from one another but combined to mediate a single factor related to scene complexity. The present experiment sought to determine whether this difference could be attributed to lack of optic flow structure off-axis from the heading direction. The same stimuli were shown on a single display window that was oriented to the side of the aircraft rather than in the direction of heading. Results were more similar to those obtained with a full three-window display configuration, thus suggesting that important information for distinguishing among various scene elements is obtained exclusively off-axis from the heading direction.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 1995
Accession Number
ADA294335

Entities

People

  • James A. Kleiss

Organizations

  • University of Dayton

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Aircrafts
  • Altitude
  • Boundaries
  • Combat Readiness
  • Flight Simulators
  • Four Dimensional
  • Governments
  • Human Resources
  • Low Altitude
  • Perception
  • Simulators
  • Social Sciences
  • Three Dimensional
  • Training
  • Two Dimensional
  • United States Government

Fields of Study

  • Psychology

Readers

  • Computer Vision.
  • Image Processing and Computer Vision.
  • Organizational Psychology.