How do first-time users navigate a website differently than experienced users?
First time users spend longer time looking at unfamiliar objects and need more time to find what they are looking for. Usability and accessibility are important factors determining user satisfaction and enjoyability increasing costumer loyalty.
What makes a website more readable and enjoyable?
Interaction and vividness of the display improve the subjective feeling of immersion. As an example, augmented reality and 3D displays make the user experience enjoyable.
Can people with low vision navigate a virtual reality environment successfully?
People with low vision have to rely on remaining vision and alternative senses for navigation and everyday interaction. They accomplish these tasks successfully using their attentional resources appropriately.
Can people with low vision drive a car safely?
Driving is an extremely complex behavior that involves visual, attentional and hearing resources. People with low vision have to deploy attentional resources in strategic ways. This means eye-scanning the most informative sections of the road with the intact areas of vision in a timely manner.
Are we aware of the information we are not actively looking at?
To some extent we are. We can process the abrupt onset of an unexpected flashing light on a cockpit; we can report the presence of a conspicuous object in peripheral vision if the background is not too cluttered. We can even read with peripheral vision if we need to.
How is contrast sensitivity different in peripheral vision?
We can process faint information when it is large enough: the more peripheral the larger the stimulus needs to be. Curved Monitors and immersive displays provide additional information that is available to our brain.
