Improving the Visual Perception and Spatial Awareness of Downhill Winter Athletes with Augmented Reality

This research study addresses the design and development of an augmented reality headset display for downhill winter athletes, which may improve visual perception and spatial awareness, and reduce injury. We have used a variety of methods to collect the participant data, including surveys, experience-simulation-testing, user-response-analysis, and statistical analysis. The results revealed that various levels of downhill winter athletes may benefit differently from access to athletic data during physical activity, and indicated that some expert level athletes can train to strengthen their spatial-awareness abilities. The results also generated visual design recommendations, including icon colours, locations within the field-of-view, and alert methods, which could be utilized to optimize the usability of a headset display.

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