The effects of continued exposure to medium field augmented and virtual reality on the perception of egocentric depth

Abstract

Research in the perception of depth in augmented and virtual reality has reported a consistent underestimation of egocentric depth with regard to stationary objects located along the ground plane. However, there has been a rather large disparity in the degree of underestimation reported from study to study with some studies reporting as much as a 68% underestimation of egocentric depth while others report as little as 6% [Jones et al. 2008]. The current study investigates the judgment of egocentric distance in real, augmented, and virtual environments and finds that subjects' judgments improve in accuracy as exposure continues in the absence of explicit feedback.