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Old 04-13-2016, 01:37 PM
lklab lklab is offline
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How do I calculate visual angles of objects in vizard?

I am using the DK1 Oculus rift. How can I calculate the visual angles of objects in the scene?
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Old 04-13-2016, 10:20 PM
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The vizmat library includes commands for calculating angles and other mathematical operations. Can you describe further what you mean by visual angles?
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Old 04-16-2016, 09:08 AM
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From wikipedia: "The visual angle is the angle a viewed object subtends at the eye, usually stated in degrees of arc. It also is called the object's angular size."

Heres a diagram:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...onDefs.svg.png

Basically I want to find the perceived size of an object in terms of angle occupied in the visual space. I wasn't sure how to calculate this because I don't know how vizard calculates each screen or how the oculus may distort things.

Also, is there an easy way to measure how big an object in vizard is?
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Old 04-18-2016, 05:52 AM
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You can use vizmat.Distance to calculate the distance from the viewpoint to an object and node.getBoundingBox to get the dimensions of an object.
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