John O. Merritt
Chief Technology Officer
John Merritt is an internationally recognized expert in the operational use of
stereoscopic 3D displays and the application of research and development in sensory
and perceptual science to remote-presence systems. He brings his extensive practical
and theoretical knowledge of spatial perception and stereoscopic video applications
to every project.
His early work in overhead reconnaissance as an Naval Air Intelligence Officer, combined with his years of experience as a 3D-display design consultant, make him uniquely qualified to assess the strengths and weaknesses of advanced 3D imaging systems.
John has extensive experience
comparing task performance in 3D vs. 2D evaluation studies. Since completing
his graduate work in sensory and perceptual psychology at Harvard University, he has
provided vision research and human factors engineering consulting services to a broad
range of industrial and government clients. As a senior research scientist at Perceptronics
in Woodland Hills, CA, he headed a number of R&D projects related to vision and visual-simulator
displays.
He
is the author of numerous technical reports and papers in the areas of vision research,
night vision devices (NVDs), evaluation of 3-D systems for remote manipulation, image-quality
standards, visibility and illumination, photointerpretation, simulator displays,
highway safety, and visual fatigue.
John is a member the Human Factors & Ergonomics
Society (HFES), the Society for Information Display (SID), the Association for
Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), and the Society of Photo-optical
Instrumentation Engineers (SPIE). He has co-chaired the annual SPIE/IS&T
Conference on Stereoscopic Displays and Applications since founding it in 1990.
For more information about the upcoming 20th Annual Stereoscopic Displays and Applications
conference, click on the banner below or see: www.stereoscopic.org
John Merritt and Andrew Woods of Curtin University of Technology
co-teach a popular short course on stereoscopic displays and applications
at each annual conference. The course covers key principles and practices
essential for the design of successful stereoscopic display and imaging systems,
and includes demonstrations of leading-edge stereoscopic hardware. For the
full course description, see: www.stereoscopic.org/sc/index.html
 At
left, John demonstrates orthostereoscopic imaging and display geometry using
a Proview XL-50 head-mounted display provided by Kaiser Electro Optics of Carlsbad,
California, at the annual SPIE/IS&T Conference
on Stereoscopic Displays and Applications.
Photo courtesy Andrew Woods,
Curtin University of Technology
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