Viewing a graph in a virtual reality display is three times as goodas a 2D diagram
Ware, C.; Franck, G.
Visual Languages, 1994. Proceedings., IEEE Symposium on
Volume , Issue , 4-7 Oct 1994 Page(s):182 - 183
Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/VL.1994.363621
Summary:An experiment is reported which tests whether network information
is more effectively displayed in a three dimensional space than in a two
dimensional space. The experimental task is to trace a path in a network
and the experiment is carried out in 2D, in a 3D stereo view, in a 2D
view with head coupled perspective, and in a 3D stereo view with head
coupled perspective; this last condition creates a localized virtual
reality display. The results show that the motion parallax obtained from
the head coupling of perspective is more important than stereopsis in
revealing structural information. Overall the results show that three
times as much information can be perceived in the head coupled stereo
view as in the 2D view
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