Immersive reading in virtual and augmented reality environment

IF 1.6 Q2 INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE

Information and Learning Sciences Pub Date : 2021-07-06 DOI:10.1108/ils-11-2020-0236

P. Rau, Jian Zheng, Zhi Guo

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Abstract

Purpose This study aims to investigate “immersive reading,” which occurs when individuals read text while in a virtual reality (VR) or augmented reality (AR) environment. Design/methodology/approach In Experiment 1, 64 participants read text passages and answered multiple-choice questions in VR and AR head-mounted displays (HMDs) compared with doing the same task on liquid crystal display (LCD). In Experiment 2, 31 participants performed the same reading tasks but with two VR HMDs of different display quality. Findings Compared with reading on LCD as the baseline, participants reading in VR and AR HMDs got 82% (VR) and 88% (AR) of the information accurately. Participants tended to respond more accurately and faster, though not statistically significant, with the VR HMD of higher pixel density in the speed-reading task. Originality/value The authors observed the speed and accuracy of reading in VR and AR environments, compared with the reading speed and accuracy on an LCD monitor. The authors also compared the reading performance on two VR HMDs that differed in display quality but were otherwise similar in every way.

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虚拟和增强现实环境下的沉浸式阅读

本研究旨在调查“沉浸式阅读”，即人们在虚拟现实(VR)或增强现实(AR)环境中阅读文本时发生的情况。设计/方法/方法在实验1中，64名参与者在VR和AR头戴式显示器(hmd)上阅读文本段落并回答多项选择题，与在液晶显示器(LCD)上完成相同的任务进行比较。在实验2中，31名参与者使用两个显示质量不同的VR头戴式显示器完成相同的阅读任务。与在LCD上阅读相比，在VR和AR头显上阅读的参与者准确地获得了82% (VR)和88% (AR)的信息。在快速阅读任务中，像素密度较高的VR头戴式显示器往往反应更准确、更快，但没有统计学意义。作者观察了VR和AR环境下的阅读速度和准确性，并将其与LCD显示器上的阅读速度和准确性进行了比较。作者还比较了两款VR头显的阅读性能，这两款头显的显示质量不同，但在其他方面都很相似。

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Information and Learning Sciences INFORMATION SCIENCE & LIBRARY SCIENCE-

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9.50

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2.90%

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期刊介绍： Information and Learning Sciences advances inter-disciplinary research that explores scholarly intersections shared within 2 key fields: information science and the learning sciences / education sciences. The journal provides a publication venue for work that strengthens our scholarly understanding of human inquiry and learning phenomena, especially as they relate to design and uses of information and e-learning systems innovations.