Tuning peripheral vision for perception in panoramic imagery
Abstract
SCIENTIFIC & TECHNICAL MERITS: Peripheral vision is crucial for our ability to track objects and identify important visual stimuli that are not in our direct focus. However, peripheral vision is severely impaired by visual clutter. Previous work has suggested that peripheral acuity may be tuned with specific training, but the phenomenon has not been well-studied. The PIs aim to examine how to tune peripheral acuity using custom-built experimental paradigms and new immersive display technologies that can truly provide a super-wide field of view. This basic research will reveal new information about how the object recognition and spatial location visual pathways interact, and will provide information on how to design training and operational equipment to best use peripheral vision.CAPABILITIES & QUALIFICATIONS: The PI and his team have significant experience working with Australian defense, and therefore understands the link between conducting basic research and producing relevant results. They have also done other work in visual perception as it relates to the undersea domain, so they understand the problem space and the various perceptual and attentional issues as well. The PI possesses the necessary equipment and expertise to conduct the study.RELEVANCE: This proposal has been sent to ONR Code 34, and LCDR Peter Walker expressed his intention to co-fund this work. The PIs are taking a basic research problem (can peripheral vision be tuned and trained?) and implementing research studies that can apply in many domains, including towards periscope skills, where a large field of vision is required. This research directly falls into CNO s Readiness and Training priority.
Document Details
- Document Type
- DoD Grant Award
- Publication Date
- Aug 15, 2019
- Source ID
- N629091912107
Entities
People
- Welber Marinovic
Organizations
- Curtin University
- Office of Naval Research
- United States Navy