Multisensory integration with a head-mounted display: role of mental and manual load

Human Factors
Matthew B ThompsonPenelope M Sanderson

Abstract

The aim of this study was to replicate the finding that multisensory integration with a head-mounted display (HMD) is particularly difficult when a person is walking and hearing sound from a free-field speaker, and to extend the finding with a response method intended to reduce workload. HMDs can support the information needs of workers whose work requires mobility, but some low-cost solutions for delivering auditory information may be less effective than others. For the study, 24 participants detected whether shapes moving on the HMD screen made a sound appropriate to their forms when they collided with other shapes. Independent variables were self-motion (participants were mobile or seated), sound delivery (free-field speakers or an earpiece), and response method (noting mismatches via a mental count or via a manual clicker). Unexpectedly, overall mismatch task accuracy was worse with the clicker (p = .027) than without. Participants also reported that it was harder to time-share the mismatch task with clicker responses (p = .033). In the clicker condition, self-motion and sound delivery interacted but in the opposite direction to the previous study. The best way of delivering auditory information to mobile workers performing...Continue Reading

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