TY - GEN
T1 - Perception and prediction of simple object interactions
AU - Nusseck, Manfred
AU - Lagarde, Julien
AU - Bardy, Benoit
AU - Fleming, Roland
AU - Bülthoff, Heinrich H.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - For humans, it is useful to be able to visually detect an object's physical properties. One potentially important source of information is the way the object moves and interacts with other objects in the environment. Here, we use computer simulations of a virtual ball bouncing on a horizontal plane to study the correspondence between our ability to estimate the ball's elasticity and to predict its future path. Three experiments were conducted to address (1) perception of the ball's elasticity, (2) interaction with the ball, and (3) prediction of its trajectory. The results suggest that different strategies and information sources are used for passive perception versus actively predicting future behavior.
AB - For humans, it is useful to be able to visually detect an object's physical properties. One potentially important source of information is the way the object moves and interacts with other objects in the environment. Here, we use computer simulations of a virtual ball bouncing on a horizontal plane to study the correspondence between our ability to estimate the ball's elasticity and to predict its future path. Three experiments were conducted to address (1) perception of the ball's elasticity, (2) interaction with the ball, and (3) prediction of its trajectory. The results suggest that different strategies and information sources are used for passive perception versus actively predicting future behavior.
KW - Dynamic property
KW - Elasticity
KW - Object interaction
KW - Path prediction
KW - Perception of physics
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=36848999459&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1145/1272582.1272587
DO - 10.1145/1272582.1272587
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:36848999459
SN - 159593670X
SN - 9781595936707
T3 - ACM International Conference Proceeding Series
SP - 27
EP - 34
BT - Proceedings - APGV 2007
T2 - APGV 2007: 4th Symposium on Applied Perception in Graphics and Visualization
Y2 - 25 May 2007 through 27 May 2007
ER -