Evaluation of 3D Selection Tasks in Parabolic Flight Conditions: Pointing Task in Augmented Reality User Interfaces

NCT02563236 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 12-022
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 9
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

During a space mission the crew has to perform a wide variety of tasks under different acceleration conditions. For handling of displays and control items during a mission, the astronaut's performance is strong depended on an intuitive usability. Currently investigators are exploring and developing different Augmented Reality interfaces for the International Standard Payload Rack (ISPR) Biolab that is installed in the International Space Station (ISS) module Columbus. Augmented reality (AR) is a live, direct or indirect, view of a physical, real-world environment whose elements are augmented by computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics or GPS data. Using AR technologies provides user-oriented support for working procedures in development, production, and operating of complex technical products and systems. It is conceivable that in future manned missions such interfaces will be applied to space operations, where the astronaut will handle virtual information that enriches the physical reality. To improve the support for the operational ground team and the space crew by performing service and maintenance tasks at the Columbus space laboratory Biolab, investigators explore innovative tridimensional (3D) interaction techniques that allow an intuitive way to interact with the virtual content. The developed AR interfaces for the ISPR Biolab ought to offer support while handling standardize service and maintenance procedures. This research is primarily focused on supporting the ground team during their work at the engineering model of Biolab that is located in Cologne at the Institute of Aerospace Medicine. Applying these interfaces subsequently to space operations requires previous exploration regarding the influence of different acceleration conditions that ought to be considered at the investigators' current stage of designing and development. Thereby one important aspect is focused on the correct placement of virtual user interfaces while interacting with it. To explore human adaption of handling and controlling virtual AR interfaces, this experiment denotes a usability study that will supply findings about human mental workload and sensorimotor coordination while performing the experimentation task under different accelerations of gravity. The proposed experiment will supply essential information about understanding the adequate quality characteristics concerning placement of virtual interfaces in physical reality and identify disturbing factors while applying in hyper-g and micro-g conditions.

Conditions

Healthy Volunteers

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• Gravity induced change in completion time of a pointing task on a virtual keyboard (ms)

  baseline

• Gravity induced change in error rate of the pointing task

  baseline

• Gravity induced change in accuracy (centimeter) of the pointing task

  baseline

Study Arms (1)

Parabolic flight and Augmented Reality interface alignments

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Parabolic flight

Interventions

Parabolic flight OTHER

Parabolic flight and Augmented Reality interface alignments

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 21 Years - 55 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64)

You may qualify if:

• Healthy volunteers (men or women)
• Aged from 21 to 55
• Affiliated to a Social Security system and, for non-French resident, holding a European Health Insurance Card (EHIC)
• Who accepted to take part in the study
• Who has already experience in handling specific AR interfaces while wearing an HMD
• Who have given their written stated consent
• Who has passed a medical examination similar to a standard aviation medical examination for private pilot aptitude. There will be no additional test performed for subject selection.

You may not qualify if:

• Pregnant women

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University Hospital, Caen: lead

Study Sites (1)

Umr Ucbn/Inserm U1075 Comete

Caen, Basse-Normandie, 14032, France

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 23, 2015
• First Posted: September 30, 2015
• Study Start: March 1, 2012
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2013
• Study Completion: December 1, 2014
• Last Updated: September 30, 2015

Record last verified: 2015-09

Locations

FR (1)