Towards Finding the Optimum Position in the Visual Field for a Head Worn Display Used for Task Guidance with Non-registered Graphics

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2021-03-19

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Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)

Abstract

Where should a HWD be placed in a user's visual field? We present two studies that compare comfort, preference, task efficiency and accuracy for various HWD positions. The first study offsets a 9.2° horizontal field-of-view (FOV) display temporally (toward the ear) from 0° to 30° in 10° steps. 30° proves too uncomfortable while 10° is the most preferred position for a simple button-pushing game, corroborating results from previous single-task reading experiments. The second experiment uses a Magic Leap One to compare 10° x 10° FOV interfaces centered at line-of-sight, temporally offset 15° (center-right), inferiorly offset 15° (bottom-center), and offset in both directions (bottom-right) for an order picking task. The bottom-right position proved worst in terms of accuracy and several subjective metrics when compared to the line-of-sight position.

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Human-centered computing, Human computer interaction

Citation

Georgianna Lin, Malcolm Haynes, Sarthak Srinivas, Pramod Kotipalli, and Thad Starner. 2021. Towards Finding the Optimum Position in the Visual Field for a Head Worn Display Used for Task Guidance with Non-registered Graphics. Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. 5, 1, Article 22 (March 2021), 26 pages. https://doi.org/10.1145/3448091