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Visual Discomfort and Visual Fatigue of Stereoscopic Displays: A Review
  DOI :  10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2009.53.3.030201  Published OnlineMay 2009
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Visual discomfort has been the subject of considerable research in relation to stereoscopic and autostereoscopic displays. In this paper, the importance of various causes and aspects of visual discomfort is clarified. When disparity values do not surpass a limit of 1°, which still provides sufficient range to allow satisfactory depth perception in stereoscopic television, classical determinants such as excessive binocular parallax and accommodation-vergence conflict appear to be of minor importance. Visual discomfort, however, may still occur within this limit and we believe the following factors to be the most pertinent in contributing to this: (1) temporally changing demand of accommodation-vergence linkage, e.g., by fast motion in depth; (2) three-dimensional artifacts resulting from insufficient depth information in the incoming data signal yielding spatial and temporal inconsistencies; and (3) unnatural blur. In order to adequately characterize and understand visual discomfort, multiple types of measurements, both objective and subjective, are required.

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Marc Lambooij, Marten Fortuin, Ingrid Heynderickx, Wijnand IJsselsteijn, "Visual Discomfort and Visual Fatigue of Stereoscopic Displays: A Reviewin Journal of Imaging Science and Technology,  2009,  pp 30201-1 - 30201-14,  https://doi.org/10.2352/J.ImagingSci.Technol.2009.53.3.030201

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