Search Results - "Pagano, Christopher C."

Can I Squeeze Through? Effects of Self-Avatars and Calibration in a Person-Plus-Virtual-Object System on Perceived Lateral Passability in VR by Bhargava, Ayush, Venkatakrishnan, Rohith, Venkatakrishnan, Roshan, Lucaites, Kathryn, Solini, Hannah, Robb, Andrew C., Pagano, Christopher C., Babu, Sabarish V.

“…With the popularity of Virtual Reality (VR) on the rise, creators from a variety of fields are building increasingly complex experiences that allow users to…”
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How Virtual Hand Representations Affect the Perceptions of Dynamic Affordances in Virtual Reality by Venkatakrishnan, Roshan, Venkatakrishnan, Rohith, Raveendranath, Balagopal, Pagano, Christopher C., Robb, Andrew C., Lin, Wen-Chieh, Babu, Sabarish V.

“…User representations are critical to the virtual experience, and involve both the input device used to support interactions as well as how the user is…”
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Did I Hit the Door? Effects of Self-Avatars and Calibration in a Person-Plus-Virtual-Object System on Perceived Frontal Passability in VR by Bhargava, Ayush, Venkatakrishnan, Roshan, Venkatakrishnan, Rohith, Solini, Hannah, Lucaites, Kathryn, Robb, Andrew C., Pagano, Christopher C., Babu, Sabarish V.

“…The availability of new and improved display, tracking and input devices for Virtual Reality experiences has facilitated the use of partial and full body…”
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Gone Fishin’: Perceiving the length of one object that is non-rigidly attached to a wielded object by Wagman, Jeffrey B., Duffrin, Tyler, Pagano, Christopher C., Day, Brian M.

“…We performed four experiments to investigate whether people can perceive the length of a target object (a “fish”) that is attached to a freely wielded object…”
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Predicting aperture crossing behavior from within-trial metrics of motor control reliability by Lucaites, Kathryn M., Venkatakrishnan, Roshan, Bhargava, Ayush, Venkatakrishnan, Rohith, Pagano, Christopher C.

“…Actors utilize intrinsically scaled information about their geometric and dynamic properties when perceiving their ability to pass through openings. Research…”
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Predictability and Variability of a Dynamic Environment Impact Affordance Judgments by Lucaites, Kathryn M., Venkatakrishnan, Roshan, Venkatakrishnan, Rohith, Bhargava, Ayush, Pagano, Christopher C.

“…A crucial component of locomotion and mobility is the successful navigation of apertures (e.g., doorways, lanes, corridors). While much research has studied…”
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Salient haptic skills trainer: initial validation of a novel simulator for training force-based laparoscopic surgical skills by Singapogu, Ravikiran B., DuBose, Sarah, Long, Lindsay O., Smith, Dane E., Burg, Timothy C., Pagano, Christopher C., Burg, Karen J. L.

“…Background There is an increasing need for efficient training simulators to teach advanced laparoscopic skills beyond those imparted by a box trainer. In…”
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Effects of arm-support exoskeletons on pointing accuracy and movement by Raveendranath, Balagopal, Pagano, Christopher C., Srinivasan, Divya

“…Exoskeletons are wearable devices that support or augment users' physical abilities. Previous studies indicate that they reduce the physical demands of…”
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Velocity-dependent changes of rotational axes during the control of unconstrained 3D arm motions depend on initial instruction on limb position by Isableu, Brice, Hansen, Clint, Rezzoug, Nasser, Gorce, Philippe, Pagano, Christopher C.

“…•We tested whether the minimum inertia resistance principle appears despite cognitive instruction.•Subjects rotated their arm while keeping the shoulder-elbow…”
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Generalizing the optic flow equalization control law to an asymmetrical person-plus-object system by Lucaites, Katie M., Venkatakrishnan, Rohith, Venkatakrishnan, Roshan, Pagano, Christopher C.

“…Visually guided action in humans occurs in part through the use of control laws, which are dynamical equations in which optical information modulates an…”
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Objective Differentiation of Force-Based Laparoscopic Skills Using a Novel Haptic Simulator by Singapogu, Ravikiran B., PhD, Smith, Dane E., MD, FACS, Long, Lindsay O., MS, Burg, Timothy C., PhD, Pagano, Christopher C., PhD, Burg, Karen J.L., PhD

“…Background There is a growing need for effective surgical simulators to train the novice resident with a core skill set that can be later used in advanced…”
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The effects of testing environment, experimental design, and ankle loading on calibration to perturbed optic flow during locomotion by Solini, Hannah M., Bhargava, Ayush, Pagano, Christopher C.

“…Calibration is the process by which the execution of actions becomes scaled to the (changing) relationship between environmental features and the actor’s…”
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Comparing the Effects of Visual Realism on Size Perception in VR versus Real World Viewing through Physical and Verbal Judgments by Wijayanto, Ignatius Alex, Babu, Sabarish V., Pagano, Christopher C., Chuang, Jung Hong

“…Virtual Reality (VR) is well-known for its use in interdisciplinary applications and research. The visual representation of these applications could vary…”
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Quantifying accuracy on distance estimation tasks: A Monte Carlo study by Solini, Hannah M., Rosopa, Elenah B., Rosopa, Patrick J., Pagano, Christopher C.

“…An important aspect of perceptual learning involves understanding how well individuals can perceive distances, sizes, and time-to-contact. Oftentimes, the…”
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Investigating the Effects of Avatarization and Interaction Techniques on Near-field Mixed Reality Interactions with Physical Components by Venkatakrishnan, Roshan, Venkatakrishnan, Rohith, Canales, Ryan, Raveendranath, Balagopal, Pagano, Christopher C., Robb, Andrew C., Lin, Wen-Chieh, Babu, Sabarish V.

“…Mixed reality (MR) interactions feature users interacting with a combination of virtual and physical components. Inspired by research investigating aspects…”
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Examining the Effects of Altered Avatars on Perception-Action in Virtual Reality by Day, Brian, Ebrahimi, Elham, Hartman, Leah S, Pagano, Christopher C, Robb, Andrew C, Babu, Sabarish V

“…In virtual reality (VR), avatars are graphical representations of people. Previous research highlights benefits of having a self-avatar when perceiving-acting…”
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Give Me a Hand: Improving the Effectiveness of Near-field Augmented Reality Interactions By Avatarizing Users' End Effectors by Venkatakrishnan, Roshan, Venkatakrishnan, Rohith, Raveendranath, Balagopal, Pagano, Christopher C., Robb, Andrew C., Lin, Wen-Chieh, Babu, Sabarish V.

“…Inspired by previous works showing promise for AR self-avatarization - providing users with an augmented self avatar, we investigated whether avatarizing…”
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Revisiting affordance perception in contemporary virtual reality by Bhargava, Ayush, Lucaites, Kathryn M., Hartman, Leah S., Solini, Hannah, Bertrand, Jeffrey W., Robb, Andrew C., Pagano, Christopher C., Babu, Sabarish V.

“…Virtual reality (VR) applications have rapidly gained renewed popularity and are extensively employed for replicating real-life scenarios that may otherwise be…”
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Effect of Texture on the Perception of Axis of Rotation of Rotating Panels by Raveendranath, Balagopal, Pagano, Christopher C., Nasiri, Moloud, Robb, Andrew C., Babu, Sabarish V.

“…Planar, orthogonal structures are very common in man-made environments. We often interact with rectangular structures such as doors and walls in our…”
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Effect of texture on perception of axis of rotation of pivot doors by Raveendranath, Balagopal, Pagano, Christopher C.

“…Doors afford the action of entry and exit from an enclosed space. Although doors usually swing about an axis of rotation which falls along one of its side…”
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