Delayed
Visual Feedback in Inter-Operator Social Tracking Performance H.S.R. Kao & K.U. Smith |
This
research. investigated inter-operator visuo-manual tracking behavior
as a closed-loop feedback controlled system. In a complex tracking
task, performance efficiency was believed to be regulated by continuous
real-time visual feedback of the motor performance of the operators.
Delayed visual feedback(DVF), inherent in man-machine systems, was
assumed to deteriorate the social tracking task. A computer system
was designed to automate the task conditions, experimental process,
data collection and performance analysis, and to simulate feedback
delays. In compensatory tracking, two subjects were presented with
identical random waves on an oscillograph recorder and required to
compensate for the wave movements and also for each other's hand
movements with a strain-gauge transducer. Simulated delays ranged
from 0.2 to 1.5 seconds. The results confirmed the feedback assumptions.
The significance of the findings is suggested for the design of mufti-operator
control systems. |