Visual discomfort and visual fatigue of stereoscopic displays: A Review

Journal of Imaging Science and Technology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 0302011-03020114

  Lambooij, Marc ^a   Ijsselsteijn, Wijnand ^a   Fortuin, Marten ^a,b,c,d   Heynderickx, Ingrid ^d  

^a EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AUTO-STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY; BINOCULAR PARALLAX; DATA SIGNALS; DEPTH INFORMATION; STEREOSCOPIC DISPLAY; STEREOSCOPIC TELEVISION; VERGENCE; VISUAL DISCOMFORT; VISUAL FATIGUE;

GEOMETRICAL OPTICS;

DEPTH PERCEPTION;

EID: 67651027634     PISSN: 10623701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2352/J.lmagingSci.Technol.2009.53.3.030201     Document Type: Review

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