Managing level of detail through peripheral degradation: Effects on search performance with a head-mounted display

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Auteurs principaux: Watson, Benjamin, Walker, Neff, Hodges, Larry F, Worden, Aileen
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author Watson, Benjamin
Walker, Neff
Hodges, Larry F
Worden, Aileen
author_facet Watson, Benjamin
Walker, Neff
Hodges, Larry F
Worden, Aileen
contents Two user studies were performed to evaluate the effect of level-of-detail (LOD) degradation in the periphery of head-mounted displays on visual search performance. In the first study, spatial detail was degraded by reducing resolution. In the second study, detail was degraded in the color domain by using grayscale in the periphery. In each study, 10 subjects were given a complex search task that required users to indicate whether or not a target object was present among distracters. Subjects used several different displays varying in the amount of detail presented. Frame rate, object location, subject input method, and order of display use were all controlled. The primary dependent measures were search time on correctly performed trials and the percentage of all trials correctly performed. Results indicated that peripheral LOD degradation can be used to reduce color or spatial visual complexity by almost half in some search tasks with out significantly reducing performance.
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spellingShingle Managing level of detail through peripheral degradation: Effects on search performance with a head-mounted display
Watson, Benjamin
Walker, Neff
Hodges, Larry F
Worden, Aileen
Human-Computer Interaction
Graphics
Two user studies were performed to evaluate the effect of level-of-detail (LOD) degradation in the periphery of head-mounted displays on visual search performance. In the first study, spatial detail was degraded by reducing resolution. In the second study, detail was degraded in the color domain by using grayscale in the periphery. In each study, 10 subjects were given a complex search task that required users to indicate whether or not a target object was present among distracters. Subjects used several different displays varying in the amount of detail presented. Frame rate, object location, subject input method, and order of display use were all controlled. The primary dependent measures were search time on correctly performed trials and the percentage of all trials correctly performed. Results indicated that peripheral LOD degradation can be used to reduce color or spatial visual complexity by almost half in some search tasks with out significantly reducing performance.
title Managing level of detail through peripheral degradation: Effects on search performance with a head-mounted display
topic Human-Computer Interaction
Graphics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2507.13660