Incidence of Stereo Blindness in a Recent VR Distance Perception User Study
Estimates of stereo-blindness, the inability to see in 3D using stereopsis, often sit in the 5-10% range. At the Curtin University HIVE visualisation facility, we regularly show stereoscopic content. During those demonstrations we routinely show a test random dot stereogram and it has been our casua...
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| description | Estimates of stereo-blindness, the inability to see in 3D using stereopsis, often sit in the 5-10% range. At the Curtin University HIVE visualisation facility, we regularly show stereoscopic content. During those demonstrations we routinely show a test random dot stereogram and it has been our casual observation that the incidence of stereo-blindness amongst visitors has been much lower than the 5-10% figure, perhaps as low as 2%. Our thought was that perhaps eye care has improved since the time that the original stereo-blindness studies were performed. A virtual reality (VR) based user study was recently run in the HIVE, as part of a PhD project, with an aim to study distance perception in underwater virtual heritage experiences. Distance perception is facilitated by a range of visual cues, including stereoscopic vision, and as a result we formally screened all participants for stereo-blindness. Using a standardised stereo test, we found approximately 5% of participants reported as stereo blind. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-962842024-11-24T23:51:09Z Incidence of Stereo Blindness in a Recent VR Distance Perception User Study Wiebrands, M. Woods, Andrew Riddell, Hugh Estimates of stereo-blindness, the inability to see in 3D using stereopsis, often sit in the 5-10% range. At the Curtin University HIVE visualisation facility, we regularly show stereoscopic content. During those demonstrations we routinely show a test random dot stereogram and it has been our casual observation that the incidence of stereo-blindness amongst visitors has been much lower than the 5-10% figure, perhaps as low as 2%. Our thought was that perhaps eye care has improved since the time that the original stereo-blindness studies were performed. A virtual reality (VR) based user study was recently run in the HIVE, as part of a PhD project, with an aim to study distance perception in underwater virtual heritage experiences. Distance perception is facilitated by a range of visual cues, including stereoscopic vision, and as a result we formally screened all participants for stereo-blindness. Using a standardised stereo test, we found approximately 5% of participants reported as stereo blind. 2023 Conference Paper http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96284 10.2352/EI.2023.35.2.SDA-225 http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP180100284 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Wiebrands, M. Woods, Andrew Riddell, Hugh Incidence of Stereo Blindness in a Recent VR Distance Perception User Study |
| title | Incidence of Stereo Blindness in a Recent VR Distance Perception User Study |
| title_full | Incidence of Stereo Blindness in a Recent VR Distance Perception User Study |
| title_fullStr | Incidence of Stereo Blindness in a Recent VR Distance Perception User Study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Incidence of Stereo Blindness in a Recent VR Distance Perception User Study |
| title_short | Incidence of Stereo Blindness in a Recent VR Distance Perception User Study |
| title_sort | incidence of stereo blindness in a recent vr distance perception user study |
| url | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/LP180100284 http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/96284 |