Independent Effects of Error Magnification and Field of View on Compensatory Tracking Performance

In: Human factors: the journal of the Human Factors Society, Band 8, Heft 6, S. 563-567

Abstract

This experiment evaluated the independent effects of error magnification and field of view on compensatory tracking performance. Both display and optical magnification were investigated. In general, the results demonstrated that: (1) the facilitative effect on performance of display magnification was primarily due to the concomitant field of view reduction and not magnification per se; (2) optical magnification facilitated performance but subsequent display gain increases had no further affect; (3) regardless of visual mode employed, optimum performance levels on a complex trajectory converged at approximately the same field of view. In was suggested that increasing the optical gain or decreasing the field of view resulted in subjects reducing their reaction times to target movements. No evidence was found which indicated that magnification facilitated visual perception.