Visual fatigue caused by stereoscopic images and the search for the requirement to prevent them: A review

Displays

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 76-83

  Bando, Takehiko ^a,b,c   Iijima, Atsuhiko ^b,d   Yano, Sumio ^e  

^a ADVANCED TELECOMMUNICATIONS RESEARCH INSTITUTE INTERNATIONAL   (Japan)

^b NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e NHK SCIENCE AND TECHNICAL RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Binocular disparity; Biomedical influence; Guideline; Image safety; Stereoscopic image

Indexed keywords

BINOCULAR DISPARITY; BIOMEDICAL INFLUENCE; CORTICAL MECHANISMS; EYE IMAGES; GUIDELINE; STEREOSCOPIC IMAGE; STEREOSCOPIC VISION; VERGENCES; VIEWING DISTANCE; VISUAL FATIGUE; VISUAL-PROCESSING;

BINOCULARS; EYE MOVEMENTS;

LENSES;

EID: 84861338994     PISSN: 01419382     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.displa.2011.09.001     Document Type: Review

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