Technology-induced increases in information availability have elevated the issue of display cluttering inapplication domains in which display space is limited. To remediate this problem, evaluations of potential displaytechnologies should be conducted. This paper discusses the examination of head-mounted displays (HMDs) in asimulated airborne command and control environment. Twelve participants engaged in tasks in which they wererequired to retrieve information from one of several display technologies. This information was available via twoHMDs, on paper, and on the primary display. Further, as in previous work, the task complexity was alsomanipulated. The results indicated that the HMDs tested, in general, did not produce a performance benefit over theother methods of information retrieval. However, the HMDs did not show a decrement in performance as previousstudies have shown. Potential uses of HMDs and other display technologies are discussed.
展开▼
