Visual fatigue caused by viewing stereoscopic motion images: Background, theories, and observations

Displays

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-116

  Ukai, Kazuhiko ^a   Howarth, Peter A ^b  

^a WASEDA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accommodation; Convergence; Stereoscopic image; Visual fatigue; Visual stress

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; SECURITY SYSTEMS;

STEREOSCOPIC IMAGES; VISUAL FATIGUE; VISUAL STRESS;

IMAGE ANALYSIS;

EID: 37249009268     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.displa.2007.09.004     Document Type: Article

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