The Effects of Training on Errors of Perceived Direction in Perspective Displays

By: Nasa, National Aeronautics and Space Adm

An experiment was conducted to determine the effects of training on the characteristic direction errors that are observed when subjects estimate exocentric directions on perspective displays. Changes in five subjects' perceptual errors were measured during a training procedure designed to eliminate the error. The training was provided by displaying to each subject both the sign and the direction of his judgment error. The feedback provided by the error display was found to decrease but not eliminate the error. A lookup table model of the source of the error was developed in which the judgement errors were attributed to overestimates of both the pitch and the yaw of the viewing direction used to produce the perspective projection. The model predicts the quantitative characteristics of the data somewhat better than previous models did. A mechanism is proposed for the observed learning, and further tests of the model are suggested. Tharp, Gregory K. and Ellis, Stephen R. Ames Research Center NCC-86; RTOP 506-47-11...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1726808076
• ISBN13: 9781726808071
• Release Date: January 1
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 30 Pages
• Weight: 0.21 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"