Time perception during walking in virtual environments

A large body of literature has analyzed differences between perception in the real world and virtual environments (VE) in terms of space, distance and speed perception. So far, no empirical data has been collected for time misperception in immersive VEs to our knowledge. However, there is evidence that time perception can deviate from veridical judgments, for instance, due to visual or auditive stimulation related to motion misperception. In this work we evaluate time perception during walking motions with a pilot study in an immersive head-mounted display (HMD) environment. Significant differences between time judgments in the real and virtual environment could not be observed.