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Seeing and Acting in a Virtual World PSY 341K. Class hours: Tues, Thurs 9.30-11 Room 4-242, SEAY Instructor: Professor Mary Hayhoe SEAY Room 5-238 X5-9338 [email protected] Office hours: Anytime by appointment TA: Jordan Davison [email protected] - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Seeing and Acting in a Virtual World PSY 341K
Class hours: Tues, Thurs 9.30-11 Room 4-242, SEAY
Instructor: Professor Mary Hayhoe SEAY Room 5-238 X5-9338 [email protected] Office hours: Anytime by appointment
TA: Jordan Davison [email protected] Office hours: Anytime by appointment or Thurs after class.
Web Site:http://homepage.psy.utexas.edu/homepage/class/psy341K/hayhoe/
Organization
1. Four experiments, approximately 3 weeks each.
2. Background lectures, data collection, analysis, presentation; emphasis on class discussion.
3. Groups of 4/5.
4. Requirements: 4 papers, 2 exams (short answer), attendance/participation/presentations.
5. Readings/lectures etc on web site.
The great unsolved problem: How does the brain control behavior?
Phrenology
Localization of function
Homunculus
Even simple actions involve many parts of the brain.
action plan Size, direction
velocity
motivation
signals to muscles
coordinatefeedback
respirationheart rate
memory
Initiatesequence
targeting
Classical Methods
What are the physical limits of Vision?
How accurate are eye movements?What is the peak velocity?What brain regions control eye movements?
A Typical Experiment
Why do some objects “pop out”?
An Experiment on Searching for Objects
And why are they sometimes hard to find?
Questions we might like to ask:
Where do we look in a scene in everyday life?
What information do we need?
How do we locate the information we need?
How are the movements controlled?
What are advantages and disadvantages of both approaches?
Why virtual reality?
Technological advances: 1. measurement of complex eye, head, hand movements 2. high speed image processing allows complex virtual environments that can be controlled experimentally 3. head mounted displays, tactile feedback
Natural behavior unexplored.
Need to validate (or not) results from simpler paradigms.
The CPS Virtual Reality Lab – a unique opportunity
What you’ll learn
- Basic properties of perception, movements, and attention
- Understanding the research process: the question, design of experiments, data
analysis, making conclusions, communication.
- Original contributions/ discoveries. Thinking independently.
Difficult things about this course
- no good text- fragmentary- lack of background- data analysis
- presentations
Date Topic
Jan 17 Using our Eyes in Everyday Tasks: Lecture: The nervous system, vision, and motor control.
The eye and eye movements. Rosenbaum Ch 5, Land paper.
Jan 22 Lab: tracking the eyes while catching balls. Jan 24 Lab: tracking the eyes. Jan 29 Lecture: Interpreting the data Jan 31 Discussion of Findings/ class presentations
Feb 5 Interdependence of Vision and Action: Lecture Paper 1 due (Rosenbaum, Ch 1, p 1-25) Feb 7 Vision and movement. (Rosenbaum Ch 2) Feb 12 Lab: Intercepting virtual targets Rosenbaum Ch 6 Feb 14 Lab: ctd Feb 19 Understanding the data Feb 21 Discussion of Findings / class presentations Feb 26 Review Paper 2 due Feb 28 Mid-term
Virtual racquetball: Nvis helmet, Arrington eye-tracker, PhaseSpace head/hand/racquet tracking, ODE to control ball and racquet interactions
Gabe Diaz
Mar 5 Learning where to look: lecture Mar 7 Lecture Mar 12, 14 Spring Break Mar 19 Lab: Avoiding virtual pedestrians Mar 21 Lab: ctd Mar 26 Discussion of Outcome Mar 28 Class Presentations
Gaze allocation when walking in a real environment
Things to do: control direction, avoid obstacles, foot placement,characterize surroundings etc normal vision involves sets of sub-tasksor modules – need to allocate attention effectively between sub-tasks.
Portable ASL eyetrackerOval path around large room
pedestrians
How are gaze targets chosen?
Apr 2 Attention & Vision: Lecture Paper 3 due Apr 4 Lecture: attention and eye movements in natural environments Apr 9 Lab: Walking in a Virtual Apartment Apr 11 Lab: Walking in a Virtual Apartment Apr 16 Understanding the data Apr 18 Class presentations Apr 23 Lecture: Uses of virtual environments Apr 25 Review Apr 30 Review May 2 Final Exam Paper 4 due
Grading: Papers 1-4: 15% each. Midterm and Final: 15% each; Attendance: 5%; Presentations and class discussion: 5%)
Papers: 7-10 pages (typewritten, double spaced) reporting the results of the lab experiments.Can re-write papers.
Exams - short answer questions. Midterm: first half of course.Final: second half of the courseExams cover : class material, labs, and readings.
The Undergraduate Writing Center - resource available to all undergrads.
-offers free one-on-one consulting on all writing assignments,(papers, lab reports, and personal statements).
- call (512-471-6222) to make an appointment or walk in to the office in the FAC.
-PSY 341K can make an appointment with Jordan Davison (Tu 3-7, W 9:30-3) to discuss their lab reports.