Eye -tracked Evaluation of Subtitles in Immersive VR 360 Video

The paper presents an analysis of visual attention to subtitles within immersive media. We implement a 360 video rendering with eye movements recorded in Virtual Reality. Position and color of immersive subtitles are compared in terms of perceived task load and cognitive processing of the content. Results show that head -locked subtitles afford more focal visual inspection of the scene and presumably better comprehension. This type of in-depth analysis would not be possible without the eye movement analyses.