Text readability in head-worn displays: Color and style optimization in video versus optical see-through devices

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 125-139

  Debernardis, Saverio ^a   Fiorentino, Michele ^a   Gattullo, Michele ^a   Monno, Giuseppe ^a   Uva, Antonio Emmanuele ^a  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Augmented reality; optical see through; style guides; video see through; vision I O

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ILLUMINATION; AUGMENTED REALITY APPLICATIONS; DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES; OPTICAL SEE-THROUGH; QUALITATIVE INTERVIEWS; STYLE GUIDES; TEXT VISUALIZATION; VIDEO SEE-THROUGH;

AUGMENTED REALITY; COLOR; OPTIMIZATION;

DISPLAY DEVICES;

EID: 84888857228     PISSN: 10772626     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVCG.2013.86     Document Type: Article

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