Strobing laser glare may present a threat to aircrew. In addition to obscuring the visibility of instruments and terrain (as continuous exposures can), strobing exposures could potentially impede visual motion processing. This report describes a study in which a low cost, medium-fidelity virtual cockpit environment was used to measure the effects of strobing vs. continuous laser exposure on performance in a visual flight task. Results suggest that strobing laser glare poses a legitimate threat to visual orientation control, that this threat might rival or eclipse that posed by continuous laser sources, and that further examination of the threat is needed.
Effects of Continuous and Strobing Laser Glare on Performance in a Visually Simulated Flight Task
1999
19 pages
Report
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English
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