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    • Human-Computer Interaction
    • Virtual Reality
    • Spatial Cognition

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    • Spatial perception research often prioritizes distance, neglecting orientation.
    • Understanding orientation perception is crucial for effective virtual environment (VE) design.
    • Existing research highlights biases in 2D displays, but their presence in immersive VEs is less understood.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To systematically investigate allocentric orientation judgments in real and virtual environments.
    • To determine if known 2D display biases persist in immersive virtual reality.
    • To explore potential multiple strategies in human orientation processing.

    Main Methods:

    • Four experiments were conducted comparing real-world and virtual reality (VR) settings.
    • Participants made allocentric orientation judgments.
    • Two different judgment methods were employed in the real-world condition.

    Main Results:

    • A sinusoidal pattern of judgment errors, previously observed in 2D displays, was found in immersive VR.
    • This error pattern also appeared in real-world judgments, indicating a radial anisotropy.
    • Evidence suggests observers may utilize multiple orientation processing strategies.

    Conclusions:

    • A radial anisotropy in spatial orientation perception is a robust phenomenon, transcending real and virtual contexts.
    • Findings have implications for designing user interfaces in 3D environments, particularly for orientation tasks.
    • Further research is needed to fully characterize the observed orientation processing strategies.