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  • * Cognitive psychology
  • * Human-computer interaction
  • * Virtual reality

Background:

  • * Space perception is influenced by self-motion cues from vision, proprioception, vestibular, and motor systems.
  • * Limited research exists on how online self-motion information affects the perception of passable widths, particularly in dynamic virtual environments.

Purpose of the Study:

  • * To investigate the impact of online self-motion information on passable width perception during virtual bike riding.
  • * To determine the relative contributions of visual and non-visual self-motion cues to this perception.

Main Methods:

  • * Participants rode a stationary bike in a virtual environment, viewing a narrow aperture of varying widths.
  • * Visual self-motion cues were provided via optical flow; non-visual cues included pedaling for motor commands and proprioception.
  • * Participants judged the passability of the aperture.

Main Results:

  • * Experiment 1: Perceived passable width significantly increased with self-motion speed when both visual and non-visual cues were present.
  • * Experiment 2: Expansion of perceived passable width was primarily driven by visual self-motion information.

Conclusions:

  • * Online self-motion information influences passable width perception during virtual bike riding.
  • * Visual self-motion cues play a dominant role in modulating the perception of passable space in this context.