Advanced Displays and Controls

The goal of this project is to develop improved displays and controls for orientation and navigation in virtual environements, and particularly in simulated weightlessness, where movement in all six degrees of freedom is possible. The focus is on human visual orientation in microgravity. We are studying the following topics: 1) the rotary component of viewpoint motion on visual path integration ability; 2) actual head movement on ability to infer virtual vehicle movement; and 3) avatar controlled viewpoint control.

Prototype virtual navigation aid for controlling change of viewpoint.

2D navigation paradigm for measure performance at terrestrial path integration.

2D or 3D navigation paradigm that affords motion out of the ground plane with rotations not restricted to the vertical axis only.