Time-series changes in visual fatigue and depth sensation while viewing stereoscopic images

  • Kim, Sang-Hyun (Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies, Waseda University) ;
  • Kishi, Shinsuke (Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies, Waseda University) ;
  • Kawai, Takashi (Graduate School of Global Information and Telecommunication Studies, Waseda University) ;
  • Hatada, Toyohiko (Tokyo Optometric College)
  • Published : 2009.10.12

Abstract

Conventional stereoscopic (3D) displays using binocular parallax generate unnatural conflicts between convergence and accommodation. Those conflicts can affect the ability to fuse binocular images and may cause visual fatigue. This study examined time-series changes in visual fatigue and depth sensation while viewing stereoscopic images with changing parallax. We examined the physiological changes, including the subjective symptoms of visual fatigue, when viewing five parallax conditions. The time-series results suggest that 2D and 3D images produce significantly different types of visual fatigue over the range of binocular disparity.

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