Depth Perception in Virtual Reality Systems: Effect of Screen Distance, Environment Richness and Display Factors

Autor: Stéphane Masfrand, Christophe Bourdin, Jean-Louis Vercher, Cyril Vienne
Přispěvatelé: Laboratoire Psychologie de la Perception (LPP - UMR 8242), Université Paris Descartes - Paris 5 (UPD5)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupe PSA - Centre Technique de Vélizy [Vélizy-Villacoublay], Institut des Sciences du Mouvement Etienne Jules Marey (ISM), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Aix Marseille Université (AMU), Aix Marseille Université (AMU)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Groupe PSA - Centre Technique de Vélizy
Rok vydání: 2020
Předmět:
Conflict
General Computer Science
depth
Computer science
[SDV.NEU.NB]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Neurobiology
media_common.quotation_subject
Stereoscopy
02 engineering and technology
perception
Virtual reality
Luminance
050105 experimental psychology
law.invention
law
Perception
0202 electrical engineering
electronic engineering
information engineering

0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
General Materials Science
Computer vision
[INFO.INFO-HC]Computer Science [cs]/Human-Computer Interaction [cs.HC]
distance
media_common
[SDV.NEU.PC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Psychology and behavior
business.industry
[SCCO.NEUR]Cognitive science/Neuroscience
05 social sciences
General Engineering
[SDV.NEU.SC]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Neurons and Cognition [q-bio.NC]/Cognitive Sciences
[INFO.INFO-GR]Computer Science [cs]/Graphics [cs.GR]
INDEX TERMS Conflict
[SCCO.PSYC]Cognitive science/Psychology
virtual reality
020201 artificial intelligence & image processing
lcsh:Electrical engineering. Electronics. Nuclear engineering
Artificial intelligence
Depth perception
business
Parallax
lcsh:TK1-9971
Zdroj: IEEE Access, Vol 8, Pp 29099-29110 (2020)
IEEE Access
IEEE Access, IEEE, 2020, 8, pp.29099-29110. ⟨10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2972122⟩
IEEE Access, 2020, 8, pp.29099-29110. ⟨10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2972122⟩
ISSN: 2169-3536
DOI: 10.1109/access.2020.2972122
Popis: International audience; Viewing a scene on a screen display differs greatly from viewing it in the real world. The visual information is conveyed via a flat screen at a fixed distance, and this screen distance can influence how viewers perceive depth in stereograms in conventional stereoscopic displays. This study investigated whether screen distance influences perceived depth in Virtual Reality (VR) systems providing additional motion parallax information. Participants adjusted the depth of a vertical dihedron displayed as a random-dot stere-ogram. In a first experiment, the stimulus was presented either alone in a gray untextured background or in a cue-rich environment. We found that despite the extra motion parallax information in VR systems compared to conventional stereo-displays, physical screen distance still affected depth perception substantially at longer simulated distances. However, the effect lessened when observers were immersed in a rich and structured environment, possibly allowing them to use other depth cues. A second experiment assessed the influence of potentially potent display-related factors (resolution, display orientation, luminance non-uniformity, and specular reflection), as well as the effect of accommodation-vergence (A-V) conflict size. Depth perception was compared between a Head-Mounted Display (HMD) and an L-shaped system, and between a CAVE and an L-shaped system. These comparisons between CAVE-like VR systems and HMDs revealed that A-V conflict and inclusion of a rich environment were the major factors impacting depth perception. These results have practical and methodological implications for the reliable use of VR systems, especially where accurate depth-matching is involved.
Databáze: OpenAIRE