Visual comfort of binocular and 3D displays

Frank L. Kooi; Marcel Lucassen

doi:10.1117/12.429532

8 June 2001 Visual comfort of binocular and 3D displays

Frank L. Kooi, Marcel Lucassen

Proceedings Volume 4299, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging VI; (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.429532
Event: Photonics West 2001 - Electronic Imaging, 2001, San Jose, CA, United States

Abstract

A major factor that seriously hampers the use of binocular displays is visual discomfort. We have experimentally determined the level of (dis)comfort experienced by 24 subjects for short presentations of a wide range of binocular image imperfections. The image manipulations are representative of commonly encountered optical errors, imperfect filters, and stereoscopic disparities. The results how that nearly all binocular asymmetries seriously affect the visual comfort if present in a large enough amount. Threshold values for the onset of discomfort are estimated from the data. The database collected in the study should allow a more accurate prediction of visual comfort from the specification of a binocular viewing system than so far is possible.

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Frank L. Kooi and Marcel Lucassen "Visual comfort of binocular and 3D displays", Proc. SPIE 4299, Human Vision and Electronic Imaging VI, (8 June 2001); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.429532

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