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[P2-01]Disentangling the effects of movement speed and travel distance on perceived traveled time
*Cindy Jagorska1, Christopher Hilton1, Martin Riemer1 (1. Technical University Berlin (Germany))
Keywords:
space-time interference,travel time,virtual reality
Perceived travel time is influenced by both the distance traveled and the speed of movement. While greater distances are typically associated with longer perceived travel time, higher movement speeds have been found to be associated with compressed time perception. Because distance, speed, and time are inherently interdependent, isolating their individual effects on perceived travel time remains a challenge.To investigate these effects, we are conducting a pre-registered experiment in which participants move through a virtual environment under varying combinations of travel distance and movement speed. After each movement, participants receive feedback about the distance they have traveled, presented via a landmark placed at one of three locations: closer than the actual distance (indicating a shorter distance), at the correct location, or farther than the actual distance (indicating a longer distance). This manipulation allows us to disentangle perceived distance from actual movement speed, while keeping travel time constant. Participants are then asked to reproduce the time of the movement based on their subjective experience.We expect that, when feedback about traveled distance is held constant while movement speed is changing, increased movement speed will lead to shorter reproduced travel time, highlighting the negative association between movement speed and perceived travel time. Conversely, when speed is held constant, but the landmark suggests a longer traveled distance, participants are expected to report longer perceived travel times, highlighting the positive association between travel distance and perceived travel time. The results of the experiment will contribute to understanding how movement speed and traveled distance respectively influence the perception of travel time.