Authors:
Rinki Hirabayashi
1
;
Motoki Shino
1
;
Katsuko Nakahira T.
2
and
Muneo Kitajima
2
Affiliations:
1
Department of Human & Engineered Environmental Studies, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwanoha, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan
;
2
Department of Information & Management Systems Engineering, Nagaoka University of Technology, Nagaoka, Niigata, Japan
Keyword(s):
Memory, Audio Guide, Omnidirectional Watching, Information Acquisition, Cognitive Model.
Abstract:
This study focuses on audio guide as a support for smooth information acquisition for visual stimuli. The interval between provision timing of visual guidance part, which explains explicit features of the object, and information addition part, which explains implicit features of the object, is set as a parameter and its effect on memory is measured as an indicator for estimating the degree of smoothness in information acquisition. Eye tracking experiments were conducted in a dome theater with the omnidirectional movie using three timing interval conditions: shorter than two seconds (Short Interval), longer than three seconds and shorter than five seconds (Medium Interval), and longer than six seconds (Long Interval). The results showed that the memory scores for the movie presented in the Medium Interval condition was the largest. This paper discusses how the presentation in the Medium Interval condition allowed effective integration of visual information and the auditory information
provided by audio guide: the visual guidance part of audio guide helped the viewer to find the objects at the best timing before the presentation of information addition part. This would have enabled the participants to elaborate the visual scene with the relevant long-term memory for integration with the auditory information.
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