A user study comparing head-mounted and stationary displays
Published 1 January 1993
Randy Pausch, M.A. Shackelford, Dennis R. Proffítt
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A user study presents the results of a user study, finding that users performing a generic search task decrease task performance time by roughly half when they change from a stationary display to a head-mounted display with identical properties.
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Head-mounted displays, as popularized by virtual reality systems, offer the opportunity to immerse a user in a synthetically generated environment. While there is much anecdotal evidence that this is a qualitative jump in the user interface, there is little quantitative data to establish that emersion improves task performance. The authors present the results of a user study: users performing a generic search task decrease task performance time by roughly half (42% reduction) when they change from a stationary display to a head-mounted display with identical properties (resolution, field-of-view, etc.). A second result is that users who practice with the head-mounted display reduce task completion time by 23% in later trials with the stationary display, suggesting a transfer effect.>
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