Peripheral motion displays: tapping the potential of the visual periphery
conference paper
We address the challenge to develop a 'peripheral display' with information readable
from the corner of the eye. This interest is spurred by the need to convey information
outside the central vision, in order to allow the operator the freedom to look elsewhere
in the world. We show that low contrast motion patterns are particularly suited. The
information capacity is sufficient for at least 10 messages and, perhaps surprisingly,
peripheral motion messages distract little. The messages can intuitively be categorized
as 'urgent' and 'not-urgent'. With the peripheral motion designs overlaid on a route
navigation system we demonstrate 1) the excellent peripheral readability, 2) intuitive
coding of urgency, and 3) minimal effect on the readability of the standard navigation
information.
from the corner of the eye. This interest is spurred by the need to convey information
outside the central vision, in order to allow the operator the freedom to look elsewhere
in the world. We show that low contrast motion patterns are particularly suited. The
information capacity is sufficient for at least 10 messages and, perhaps surprisingly,
peripheral motion messages distract little. The messages can intuitively be categorized
as 'urgent' and 'not-urgent'. With the peripheral motion designs overlaid on a route
navigation system we demonstrate 1) the excellent peripheral readability, 2) intuitive
coding of urgency, and 3) minimal effect on the readability of the standard navigation
information.
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TNO Identifier
16570
Source title
50th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, HFES 2006, 16 October 2006 through 20 October 2006, San Francisco, CA
Pages
1604-1608
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