Comparing virtual reality to conventional simulator visuals: Effects of peripheral visual cues in roll-axis tracking tasks
Publication Date
1-1-2020
Document Type
Conference Proceeding
Publication Title
AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum
DOI
10.2514/6.2020-0170
Abstract
This paper compares the effects of peripheral visual cues on manual control between a conventional fixed-base simulator and virtual reality. The results were also compared with those from a previous experiment conducted in a motion-base simulator. Fifteen participants controlled a system with second-order dynamics in a disturbance-rejection task. Tracking performance, control activity, simulator sickness questionnaire answers, and biometrics were collected. Manual control behavior was modeled for the first time in a virtual reality environment. Virtual reality did not degrade participants’ manual control performance or alter their control behavior. However, peripheral cues were significantly more effective in virtual reality. Control activity decreased for all conditions with peripheral cues. The trends introduced by the peripheral visual cues from the previous experiment were replicated. Finally, VR was not more nauseogenic than the conventional simulator. These results suggest that virtual reality might be a good alternative to conventional fixed-base simulators for training manual control skills.
Department
Psychology
Recommended Citation
Lorenzo Terenzi and Peter M.T. Peter. "Comparing virtual reality to conventional simulator visuals: Effects of peripheral visual cues in roll-axis tracking tasks" AIAA Scitech 2020 Forum (2020). https://doi.org/10.2514/6.2020-0170
