Experimental framework for spatial cognition research in immersive virtual space

Author

Persa, GyoÌˆrgy ; Torok, Agoston ; Galambos, Peter ; Sulykos, Istvan ; Kecskes-Kovacs, Krisztina ; Czigler, Istvan ; Honbolygo, Ferenc ; Baranyi, Peter ; Csepe, Valeria

Author_Institution

Inst. for Comput. Sci. & Control, Budapest, Hungary

fYear

2014

fDate

5-7 Nov. 2014

Firstpage

587

Lastpage

593

Abstract

The paper presents a versatile experimentation framework for psychophysical research of spatial cognition. The framework provides a systematic experiment description format, which does not require strong programming skills to define complex scenarios and stimulation strategies. A key feature of the system that it supports different displays from a single LCD screen to multi-walled immersive systems and head-mounted displays such as the Oculus Rift. Technical details and usage specifics along with design examples are discussed.

Keywords

cognition; helmet mounted displays; liquid crystal displays; virtual reality; LCD screen; Oculus Rift; experimentation framework; head-mounted displays; immersive virtual space; multiwalled immersive systems; programming skills; psychophysical research; spatial cognition; spatial cognition research; systematic experiment description format; Cameras; Engines; Neuroscience; Schedules; Three-dimensional displays; Visualization; XML; Virtual Reality; experimentation; immersive VR; psychophysics; spatial cognition;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Cognitive Infocommunications (CogInfoCom), 2014 5th IEEE Conference on

Conference_Location

Vietri sul Mare

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CogInfoCom.2014.7020412

Filename

7020412