Unless otherwise indicated, all meetings will take place at Bill's house,
starting at 11:00am.
| date | reading | presenter |
| August 31 | Introduction. |
Bill |
| September 7 | M. Bratkova, "Visual Quality of Computer Graphics and its Effect on Distance Judgements," senior thesis, Mount Holyoke College Dept. of Computer Science, 2001. [Graphics Annex] | Margarita |
| September 19 | BBQ, 5:30pm. | Bill |
| September 21 | B. Gillam, "The Perception of Spatial Layout from Static Optical Information," in W. Epstein and S. Rogers, eds., Perception of Space and Motion , Academic Press, 1995. | Pete W., Helen |
| September 28 | S. Rogers, "Perceiving Pictorial Space," in W. Epstein and S. Rogers, eds., Perception of Space and Motion, Academic Press, 1995. | Pete W., Helen |
| October 5 | Cancelled! | |
| October 12 | J.M. Loomis and J.M. Knapp, "Visual Perception of Egocentric Distance
in Real and Virtual Environments," in L.J. Hettinger and M.W. Haas, eds.,
Virtual and Adaptive Environments, Erlbaum, in press.
J.M. Loomis, J.J. Blascovich, and A.C. Beall, "Immersive Virtual Environment Technology as a Basic Research Tool in Psychology," Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers, 31(4), 557-564, 1999. |
Taylor, Sarah |
| October 19 | C. Christou and A. Parker, "Visual Realism and Virtual Reality: A Psychological Perspective," in K. Carr and R. England, eds., Simulated and Virtual Realities: Elements of Perception, Taylor & Francis, 1995. | Betty, Pete S. |
| October 26 |
No meeting! |
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| November 2 |
J.J. Rieser, "Dynamic Spatial Orientation and the
Coupling of Representation and Action," in R.G. Golledge, ed., Wayfinding
Behavior: Cognitive Mapping and Other Spatial Processes, Johns Hopkins
Press, 1999. J.J. Rieser, H.L. Pick, Jr., D. H. Ashmead, and A.E. Garing, "Calibration of Human Locomotion and Models of Perceptual-Motor Organization," Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 21(3), 480-497, 1995. |
Bill |
| November 9 |
Presentation on distance estimation experiments
involving real world, panorama images, and computer graphics. |
Amy, Pete W. |
November 16 |
M.A. Wraga, "Using Eye Height in Different Postures
to Scale the Heights of Objects," Journal of Experimental Psychology:
Human Perception and Performance, 25, 518-530, 1999. M.W. Dixon, M. Wraga, D.R. Profitt, and G.C. Williams, "Eye Height Scaling of Absolute Size in Immersive and Nonimmersive Displays," Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 26(2), 582-593, 2000. |
Amy |
| November 23 |
No meeting (day after Turkey Day) | |
| November 30 |
T.L. Yang, M.W. Dixon, and D.R. Profitt, "Seeing
Big Things: Over-Estimation of Heights Is Greater for Real Objects Than for
Object in Pictures, Perception, 28, 445-467, 1999. |
Sarah |
| December 7 |
C. von Hofsten, H.L. Pick, Jr., and G. Neeley, "The
Role of Binocular Information in Ball Catching," Journal of Motor Behavior
, 24, 329-338, 1992. A.C. Beal and J.M. Loomis, "Absolute Motion Parallax Weakly Determines Visual Scale in Real and Virtual Environments," Proc. SPIE, 2411, 288-297, 1995. |
Margarita |
| December 14 | J.P. Wann, S. Rushton, and M. Mon-Williams, "Natural
Problems for Stereoscopic Depth Perception in Virtual Environments,"
Vision Research, 35(19), 2731-2736, 1995. S.R. Ellis and B.M. Menges, "Judgments of the Distance to Nearby Virtual Objects: Interaction of Viewing Conditions and Accommodative Demand," Presence: Teleoperators and Virtual Environments, 6, 1997. |
Helen |