“Real vs. Approximate Collisions: When Can We Tell the Difference?” by O’Sullivan and Dingliana

  • ©Carol O’Sullivan and John Dingliana

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    Real vs. Approximate Collisions: When Can We Tell the Difference?

Session/Category Title:   Human Factors


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    Psychophysical experiments were conducted to examine the effects of factors such as eccentricity, sep9ration, distractors, causality, and physics on collision perception. The results are used to guide perceptually adaptive collision handling

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