How hyperstereopsis can improve the accuracy of spatial perception: an experimental approach

D. E. Sipes; V. Grayson CuQlock-Knopp; Warren Torgerson; John O. Merritt

doi:10.1117/12.274443

15 May 1997 How hyperstereopsis can improve the accuracy of spatial perception: an experimental approach

D. E. Sipes, V. Grayson CuQlock-Knopp, Warren Torgerson, John O. Merritt

Proceedings Volume 3012, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems IV; (1997) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274443
Event: Electronic Imaging '97, 1997, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

It has been shown that people consistently underestimate distances between objects in the depth direction as compared to the lateral direction. This study examined the use of artificially enhanced stereopsis (hyperstereopsis) in judging relative distances. The data showed that doubling interocular distance by means of a telestereoscope reduced the illusory compression of depth: subjects who viewed the scene without the telestereoscope averaged a depth compression of 0.28. Subjects who used the telestereoscope yielded an average compression of 0.40. Individual verbal self-reports of depth compression effects were unreliable, pointing out the value of quantitative experimental methods.

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D. E. Sipes, V. Grayson CuQlock-Knopp, Warren Torgerson, and John O. Merritt "How hyperstereopsis can improve the accuracy of spatial perception: an experimental approach", Proc. SPIE 3012, Stereoscopic Displays and Virtual Reality Systems IV, (15 May 1997); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.274443

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