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    Area of Science:

    • Visual Neuroscience
    • Extended Reality (XR) Technologies
    • Perceptual Psychology

    Background:

    • Peripheral vision is vital for immersion and navigation in XR.
    • Visual crowding, where nearby elements hinder target recognition, is a key challenge in peripheral vision.
    • Crowding's impact on XR image processing, particularly blur perception, is under-explored.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To investigate the effect of visual crowding on blur perception in natural textures within an XR environment.
    • To determine how texture properties influence crowding's impact on blur sensitivity.

    Main Methods:

    • Participants detected blur in peripheral texture patches.
    • Patches were presented in isolation or surrounded by similar textures.
    • The influence of texture similarity and inferability on crowding was analyzed.

    Main Results:

    • Surrounding textures significantly impaired peripheral blur sensitivity.
    • Crowding effects were stronger with visually similar target and surrounding textures.
    • Crowding was more pronounced when surrounding textures allowed easy inference of the central texture.

    Conclusions:

    • Visual crowding negatively affects blur perception in XR, dependent on texture properties.
    • Findings suggest opportunities for perceptually guided rendering and compression in XR.
    • Imperceptible image degradations may be possible without compromising visual quality in XR.