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Walter F Bischof¹, Nicola C Anderson¹, Alan Kingstone¹

¹Department of Psychology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

|February 17, 2023

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This study investigated how people use head and eye movements to explore immersive virtual reality scenes. Findings show that visual scene content strongly influences both eye and head movements, with the head supporting eye-based visual information acquisition.

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Science
Neuroscience
Human-Computer Interaction

Background:

Scene and object recognition studies often compare eye movement patterns.
Previous research used limited, flat stimuli on monitors, restricting natural head movement.

Purpose of the Study:

To examine how unconstrained observers use head and eye movements to encode and recognize visual scenes.
To investigate visual exploration in a fully immersive 3D virtual reality environment.

Main Methods:

Participants viewed omnidirectional panoramic scenes in a 3D virtual reality viewer.
Head and eye movements were tracked during scene exploration.
Cross-recurrence analysis was applied to movement data.

Main Results:

Eye movements were significantly influenced by the visual content of the scenes.
Head movements were also influenced by scene content, but to a lesser extent.
Head and eye movements were correlated, with head movements supporting eye movements.

Conclusions:

The head supports the eyes in acquiring visual information during scene exploration.
Immersive virtual reality provides a valuable environment for studying naturalistic visual behavior.
Head and eye coordination is crucial for effective visual scene encoding and recognition.